I wrote things for the schools newspaper, and – like all teenagers – I dabbled in poetry. – Stephen Colbert
I used to write things for friends. There was this girl I had a crush on, and she had a teacher she didnt like at school. I had a real crush on her, so almost every day I would write her a little short story where she would kill him in a different way. – Stephen Colbert
I just think Rosa Parks was overrated. Last time I checked, she got famous for breaking the law. – Stephen Colbert
No, my mom kind of led me toward acting. She wanted to be an actress when she was younger. That made me interested in it when I was a kid, because she and I are very close. – Stephen Colbert
Things happen too quickly, crisis follows crisis, the soil of our minds is perpetually disturbed. Each of us, to relieve his feelings, broadcasts his own running commentary on the preposterous and bewildering events of the hour: and this, nowadays, is what passes for conversation. – Jan Struther, Mrs. Miniver, 1930s