When you're in the editing room, the dangerous thing is that it becomes like telling a joke again and again and again. Eventually, the joke starts to not be funny. So you have to be careful that you're not throwing the baby out with the bath water.


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It's terrifying the way molecular biology has become more and more jargon ridden. But I strongly...
MATT RIDLEY
White folks, no matter how well-meaning or open-minded, have no true idea what it's like to be b...
JOHN RIDLEY
Until politicos take a true stand in defense of marriage by proposing an anti-adultery amendment to ...
JOHN RIDLEY
Fact is, awards shows were never really about recognizing achievement. They were a publicity ploy co...
JOHN RIDLEY
So, is Hollywood anti-religion? Not in my opinion. But unlike, say, politicians and preachers who ta...
JOHN RIDLEY
My favorite novel is 'To Kill a Mockingbird' because of its broad sweep, its tackling of big...
RIDLEY PEARSON
Smee, you are a supreme idjit."
"Aye, Cap'n.
RIDLEY PEARSON
The boys had asked why, if it acted slowly, was it called quicksand. The Mollusks had replied that, ...
RIDLEY PEARSON
Much as banks don't care where your money's coming from, the Electoral College is all 'd...
JOHN RIDLEY
The benefits of volunteering for those in need have been well documented. Julia Roberts claims, 'It'...
CHRIS RIDLEY
I started out wanting to be a naturalist. My obsession in my youth was with bird-watching. I collect...
MATT RIDLEY
A four-letter alphabet called DNA.
MATT RIDLEY
Uniqueness is the commodity of glut.
MATT RIDLEY
In a massive, long-term study of 17,000 civil servants, an almost unbelievable conclusion emerged: t...
MATT RIDLEY
Especially with four insanely angry, sword-carrying pirates bearing down on you, followed closely by...
RIDLEY PEARSON
For me, that was breathtaking.
STEVAN RIDLEY
One thing I'd learned growing up was that no matter who claimed you, you had to first claim yourself...
RIDLEY PEARSON
So planning something big."
"If this is the work of the Overtakers, we've never seen anything l...
RIDLEY PEARSON
Who's Chernabog?" Grumbled Maybeck.
Philby answered,"Only the most powerful villian Walt Disney...
RIDLEY PEARSON
It's disgraceful. I like a laugh with the lads but I can't understand why there are no lasses to sha...
STUART RIDLEY
How much more generous it would be if, instead of writing parables about childhood wounds, psycholog...
MATT RIDLEY
Just mention the idea of warrantless wiretaps and expect to get hit up with a congressional investig...
JOHN RIDLEY
With writing, timing is everything. Being in the right place at the right time.
JOHN RIDLEY
As an ex-stand up, I can tell you that a comedy club isn't a place you go looking to get the abu...
JOHN RIDLEY
'Family Secrets' is thought provoking, well written, and remorselessly intelligent.
JANE RIDLEY
Facts tend to take the punch out of a good hate rant and are therefore left best unsaid.
JOHN RIDLEY
Our honored elderly would greatly benefit from community volunteers.
CHRIS RIDLEY
In the Everybody-Give-Me-A-Hug victim culture in which we live, the obese want a spot at the table a...
JOHN RIDLEY
When I go to business meetings, I'm still told way too often by some receptionist, 'The mail...
JOHN RIDLEY
The hypocrisy and false piety of the deniers aside, the relationships of gays have no effect on hete...
JOHN RIDLEY
Why is it that the very people who have fought so hard and so long for the simple entitlement to lov...
JOHN RIDLEY
She would've made an excellent pirate.
ERICA RIDLEY
Moonseed Manor did not look like a place to live. Moonseed Manor looked like a place to die.
ERICA RIDLEY
From the moment we were first dumped in Jamestown and had our teeth checked before getting sold off ...
JOHN RIDLEY
Conservative talkers love to throw numbers around: their ratings and their audience size. And to be ...
JOHN RIDLEY
It's funny: over time, if you're fortunate, you build a nice career, and you have these inte...
JOHN RIDLEY
As a young boy, I read 'Cheaper by the Dozen' and immediately became neurotic about my use o...
RIDLEY PEARSON
Slavery was not a bad day on the job. It was not your boss yelling at you. It was not hard work for ...
JOHN RIDLEY
Let's be very clear: Living 'unforgiven' is not the sole domain of blacks. It can be fou...
JOHN RIDLEY
With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Poli...
JOHN RIDLEY
I like animals. I like people who like animals. I hate people who love animals to the point they los...
JOHN RIDLEY
To most of us, adulthood means being able to earn a living, possess a home, get married and rear chi...
JANE RIDLEY
did a great job under challenging conditions.
FRED RIDLEY