A decent man would stand out like a cactus on an ice floe.

You need messiness and magic, serendipity and insanity. Creativity comes from time off, and time out.

I am beginning to believe that nothing is quite so uncertain as facts. (Edward Curtis)

The villainous sun and the starved bank did not seem related—yet.

A survey of Canadian media consumption by Microsoft concluded that the average attention span had fallen to eight seconds, down from 12 in the year 2000.

... I told him I was so happy that I had nothing else to pray for. 'Why, 'says I, I've got prayers to sell.

You'll be surprised how infinitely merciful they [these tablets] are. The prescription number is 96814. I think of it as the telephone number of God!

Relentless, repetitive self talk is what changes our self-image.

I don't speak because I have the power to speak; I speak because I don't have the power to remain silent.

Life is self-fulfilling prophecy.

I was raised on 'Get Smart' and 'All in the Family' and 'M.A.S.H.,' and certainly when 'Cheers' came along, that was a big one.

I've never laughed a woman into bed, but I've laughed one out of bed many times.

While a book has got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the reader it's got to be worthwhile from the point of view of the writer as well.

The guilt of a government is the crime of a whole country.

I can't watch American Idol... it's like karaoke without the booze.