"Through the years, I have learned that there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration."
-Steve Martin, from last week's New Yorker (and, apparently, his forthcoming memoir Born Standing: A Comic's Life)

I'm late in linking to this, but I just love this video. Doris Lessing (who I suppose I'm embarrased to say I have not read) getting the news that she's won the nobel prize for literature:



After a brief break, I'm back with the most random link/movie I could find. But that doesn't mean it's not utterly perfect, in its own way:
(via andrew sullivan.)