“I once spoke to 9,000 people, but they managed to fit them all into a ...” — Christopher Buckley Quote

“I once spoke to 9,000 people, but they managed to fit them all into a structure that resembled a Zeppelin hangar, so it was a contained space in which whatever laughter I generated could ricochet and hang around for a bit, encouraging others to join in.”

“You can't tell what's aboard a container ship. We carried every kind of cargo, all of it on view: a police car, penicillin, Johnnie Walker Red, toilets, handguns, lumber, Ping-Pong balls, and IBM data cards.”

“Whatever you thought of his politics, Ronald Reagan was a great man, a courageous man. He took an assassin's bullet and joked to the doctors as they desperately worked to save his life.”

“I decided that if my work contained what I could identify as a likeness to other work, I would remove it.'”

“Acting is contained - you act for three months, then leave it - but writing is the act of creation. Writing is dangerous.”

“With a contained environment, there is the promise of friction. And that is where the drama comes from.”