Paris Hilton Gets Political. Also: Naked

“I think Daniel is really trying to embrace Paris’s stance against youth drunk driving and the dangers that alcohol presents to young women in our society right now,� —Gallery director David Kesting, on Daniel Edwards’s new sculpture, Paris Hilton Autopsy [E!]

“I’m saying to her, ‘Try to say something interesting, try not to use the words ‘mountain’ and ‘lakes’ in your critiques, because it’s always: ‘You’ll climb mountains, you’ll swim lakes, whatever.’� —Simon Cowell, on taunting Paula Abdul during Idol performances [People]

“It’s like I’ve got my body back, all the muscles and all the blood and all the bones.� —Björk, on recording her new album, Volta [NYT]

“I think I’m in a unique position to discuss the sensual aspects of the Tristan and Isolde characters and of opera in general.� —Porn star Savanna Samson, who will discuss Wagner’s opera Thursday on WNYC [NYP]

“It’s a gradual ramping up. My metabolic rate increases an extra heartbeat a minute every two months — so I’ll be dead in a year.� —Conan O’Brien, on preparing to take over The Tonight Show in 2009 [Mercury News]