Because I withered under the glare of an actual invitation, I was a firm believer in preventive prevarication--in other words, lying early in order to free myself later on.

I wanted to talk to someone. But who? It’s moments like this, when you need someone the most, that your world seems smallest.

The handwriting was a girl’s. I mean, you can tell. That enchanted cursive.

Well sure, who doesn't need a boyfriend? but realistically, those exotic creatures are hard to come by. At least a quality one.

I deciced if I were ever to get into booze and women, my line would be, 'Excuse me, madam, but I would really love to bed and muss you. . . . Are you perchance free this evening?

All this hoping for nothing-or someone-that's maybe hopeless

Can we try to be wise with each other for a very long time?

Somewhere between a friend and acquaintance—a frequaintance, as it were.

You should never wish for wishful thinking.

It's hard to show you that I tried unless you end up succeeding.

Things are happening out there. Don’t waste your life in wishful thinking. Get out of your cocoon and go make a name for yourself. Life is too short to be wasted in oblivion.

I thought of Shelley in the hospital, how she said sometimes sadness only looked like anger and judgment. Maybe fear did too.

Focus your thoughts today on HOW ‘You can!’ instead of accepting that ‘You can’t.’ Amazing ideas will come your way.

Every thought is a seed. If you plant crab apples, don't count on harvesting Golden Delicious.

How much can come And much can go, And yet abide the world!

The Church offers the medicine of the divine mercy so that healed souls can grasp the truth that will liberate them in the fullest meaning of human freedom.

Somehow I have managed to delay looking old. In reality I have good genes.

I barely can go shopping for clothes. I find it difficult to walk into stores. The whole thing bores me so much.

Complex, statistically improbable things are by their nature more difficult to explain than simple, statistically probable things.

While at college, I did my first lead on a network TV show, Medic.