| 100% | ROSSINI | 7 | Composer who said "Give me a laundry list and I'll set it to music" |
| 37% | CHAPLIN | 7 | Who said "All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl" |
| 37% | MORRISON | 8 | Nobel laureate who said "If I tried to write a universal novel it would be water" |
| 36% | TONI | 4 | Morrison who said "A writer's life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity" |
| 36% | THECIDERHOUSELURES | 18 | Story of a youth who says to hell with it and goes to the pub? |
| 36% | OHARA | 5 | To whom Butler said "Frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn" |
| 36% | ILSA | 4 | Character who says “Kiss me as if it were the last time” to Rick, in a 1942 film |
| 35% | SOTOMAYOR | 9 | Supreme Court justice who once said "I am a New Yorker, and 7 a.m. is a civilized hour to finish the day, not to start it" |
| 34% | SCOUT | 5 | ___ Finch, heroine from "To Kill a Mockingbird" who said "Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing." |
| 34% | EEYORE | 6 | Kid-lit character who says, "It's not much of a tail, but I'm sort of attached to it" |
| 34% | TRUMP | 5 | 2016 candidate who said "Show me someone without an ego, and I'll show you a loser" |
| 34% | MAEWEST | 7 | Who said "I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure" |
| 34% | STYLE | 5 | "___ is knowing who you are, what you want to say and not giving a damn": Gore Vidal |
| 33% | PATCHADAMS | 10 | Doctor who said of Robin Williams, "he was the only actor I wanted to play me, and I think he did a fabulous job." |
| 32% | WEST | 4 | Mae who said "I'll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure” |
| 32% | BERLE | 5 | TV great who said "I live to laugh, and I laugh to live" |
| 32% | PONCEDELEON | 11 | Explorer who in 1513 became the first European to set foot in 14-Across, and gave the state its name: 3 wds. |
| 32% | DALI | 4 | Who said "The only difference between me and the Surrealists is that I am a Surrealist" |
| 31% | SPIELBERG | 9 | Steven who said, "When I grow up, I still want to be a director" |
| 31% | RON | 3 | Swanson who said "Give me all the bacon and eggs you have" |
| 31% | EARTHA | 6 | Kitt who said, "A man comes into my life and I have to compromise? You must think about that one again" |
| 31% | EYRE | 4 | Title heroine who says "I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you" |
| 31% | ONO | 3 | Singer who said "People make music to get a reaction" |
| 31% | IVE | 3 | "___ said it before and I'll say it again ..." |
| 31% | MAEWEST | 7 | Who said "I believe in censorship. After all I made a fortune out of it" |
| 31% | BEFORE | 6 | "I've said it ___ and I'll say it again . . ." |
| 31% | HOMER | 5 | "I am a Greek author, and I lend my name to a famous yellow animated patriarch. Who am I?" |
| 31% | SPILLTHETEA | 11 | "Give me some gossip!" ... and a hint to this puzzle's sets of circles, which affect four Across answers |
| 30% | MITCH | 5 | Comedian Hedberg who said "I'm against picketing but I don't know how to show it" |
| 30% | DRNO | 4 | Villain who says "That's a Dom Perignon '55. It would be a pity to break it" |