Wordplay

Merl Reagle:
[driving by a Dunkin' Donuts shop] Dunkin' Donuts... put the D at the end, you get Unkind Donuts... which I've had a few of, in my day.

Jon Stewart:
[solving a puzzle] Come on, Shortz! Bring it!

Jon Stewart:
I am a Times puzzle fan. I will solve, in a hotel, a USA Today, but I don't feel good about myself when I do it.

Norman Payne:
I've always been intrigued by the letter "Q".

Merl Reagle:
And there's word-choice rules. You can't use - usually - bodily functions in puzzles, you know. "Urine" would bail me out of a corner, I mean, a million times a year. Same with "enema." "Enema" - talk about great letters...

Tyler Hinman:
[Asked how he feels after winning the crossword puzzle tournament] Words are failing me. I'm glad they waited until now to do so.