I am one of those people who thrive on deadlines. Nothing brings on inspiration more readily than desperation.

- Harry Shearer

Nobody makes a movie thinking it's still going to be watched and talked about and quoted 20 years later.

- Harry Shearer

Privilege has its own way of seeing the world. It's not about the kind of people they are; it's about the situation they're in.

- Harry Shearer

Music often happens even faster than comedy in terms of the creation.

- Harry Shearer

I happened upon a memoir by a midlevel White House staffer, and he had been in the room that [Nixon's last] night [in office]. This guy's memoir told…

- Harry Shearer

You're not just looking for laughs, but you're trying to do the characters first, and then the laughs come afterwards.

- Harry Shearer

Even under the best of circumstances men are hard creatures to trap. Women who flatter themselves into thinking they've trapped one are like people w…

- Harry Shearer

The hardest work most of us do is maintaining the appearance of normality.

- Harry Shearer

Democrats always like to brag that their guys are smarter than the opponents and Republicans always like to brag that their guys are more moral than …

- Harry Shearer