“ Forty years ago the chances of journalists reporting - or the authorities even prosecuting - a pro athlete were practically nil. Leigh Steinberg Sports Agent
“ At that time, the people that were in the animated film business were mostly guys who were unsuccessful newspaper cartoonists. In other words, their ability to draw living things was practically nil. Marc Davis
“ The cultural pressure for a middle-class Chinese-American to walk, talk and act like a lower-class thug from Chinatown is nil. The same can be said of Jews, or of any other ethnic group. But in black America the folly is so commonplace it fails to attract serious attention. Thomas Chatterton Williams
“ My decorating and renovation skills are nil - indeed, I once used a shower curtain from Pottery Barn as 'window dressing.' Candace Bushnell Novelist
“ It was Sultan Qureshi, the character of 'Gangs of Wasseypur,' which brought success as a baddie, but it were the TC and teacher's roles in 'Masaan' and 'Nil Battey Sannata' that broke the villain's mould and helped me successfully explore the other shades - be it comedy, intense, or serious - surprising the audience all the time. Pankaj Tripathi
“ Back in 1981, the chances of a punk-rock girl band from L.A. doing what we did was completely nil. Charlotte Caffey