NOTABLE QUOTABLES

“We used to talk about our little kids, then school, then marriages.

Now it’s our aches and pains and hormone intakes. And then there’s

e-mail. And we’ve learned a lot of off-color jokes.”

-- Kathy Munson of Costa Mesa, on the conversations held during ladies

poker night. Munson is part of a group that has been meeting to play

cards for 30 years.

“Right now, all I’m doing is trying to figure out where all these

crazy fish are at.”

-- Walter Burnham of Newport Beach, who moved up and down the Newport

Pier three times March 28, looking for a bite on his fishing pole.

“I think it was born in me to write. I used to dream up scenarios. You

just have to to have something to say.”

-- David McKenna, screenwriter, talking to a packed house March 31

during the Newport Beach Film Festival’s seminar series. McKenna’s newest

film, “Blow,” opened this weekend.

“It’s very disconcerting to know that there have been a lot of people

out there who are unhappy with social service groups.”

Karen McGlinn, executive director of Share Ourselves in Costa Mesa, on

the why the group feels it needs to keep construction during its

expansion quiet.

“SOS has great intentions. But their expansion is just disastrous

because it’s inviting in . . . social problems and cultures we don’t need

and bringing down our schools.”

-- Chris Steel, Costa Mesa city councilman, on why he’s opposed to

Share Ourselves’ expansion.

“The onus is on us to be good neighbors, not to go blasting down the

street, making a lot of noise.”

-- Capt. Paul Matheis, Newport Beach firefighter, on the temporary

station the fire department has set up at the corner of Zenith Avenue and

Orchid Street to serve the airport area.

“The fear of failure is something I could really understand because

you get somewhere, and you start to believe it’s everything. You start to

believe that what you’re doing is really so important, when it’s not.”

-- Reg Rogers, actor and Corona del Mar High School graduate, on how

he related to his character in “The Photographer,” which screened last

week as part of the Newport Beach Film Festival.

“We can . . . go back with a ‘hell no, I won’t go’ message. If they

require us to do a vote like that, no trouble, we’ll do it.”

-- Robert Hanley, West Santa Ana Heights resident, regarding Costa

Mesa City Council’s vote to apply for the annexation of West Santa

Heights. Around 96% of the residents are opposed to a Costa Mesa address.