I find that a shirt is most similar to a napkin when I don't have a napkin.
I had an American journalist say to me, "Is it true you wrote the whole of the first novel on napkins?" I was tempted to say, "On teabags, I used to save them.
We don't choose our talents; but we needn't hide them in a napkin because they are not just what we want.
So precious a talent as intellect never was given to be wrapt in a napkin and buried in the earth.
If I scribbled a few words on a cocktail napkin and showed it to my family, they'd proclaim it astonishing and more culturally relevant than the Bible.
When we ever invited the beast to dinner he didn't come in and swipe the napkins and start taking notes on the tablecloth 'bout how to take over the whole house?
Bring mine unopened, with a napkin and an opener. (Blaine) What? Afraid I’m going to spit in it, big boy? (Aimee)
Imagine censors that wouldn't let you sit in a man's lap. I've been in more laps than a napkin!
The censors wouldn't even let me sit on a guy's lap, and I've been on more laps than a table-napkin.
When you start a show, the plans are not set in stone. They're really mutable, cocktail napkin sketches.