Before the mind snaps, or the heart breaks, it gather itself like a clock about to strike. It might even be said one pulls himself together to disintegrate.

Gluttony is an emotional escape, a sign something is eating us.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Murals in restaurants are on a par with the food in museums.

Life is a zoo in a jungle.

It is the final proof of God's omnipotence that he need not exist in order to save us.

You can make a sordid thing sound like a brilliant drawing-room comedy. Probably a fear we have of facing up to the real issues. Could you say we were guilty of Noel Cowardice?

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

The difficulty with marriage is that we fall in love with a personality, but must live with a character.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults.

A hundred years ago Hester Prynne of The Scarlet Letter was given an A for adultery; today she would rate no better than a C-plus.

Actually I don't remember being born, it must have happened during one of my black outs.

It was, you know, probably 80 degrees out in L.A., and my dad took me outside and there was snow. At the time, I thought, 'Every kid doesn't have snow in their backyard on Christmas?'

The time I save setting up and cleaning up probably balances out by the time I spend on output.

I know there is infinity beyond ourselves. I wonder if there is infinity within.

My writing improved the more I wrote - and the more I read good writing, from Shakespeare on down.

Be careful when you fight the monsters, lest you become one.

There are some good rules and there are some lousy rules.

Grace can and does have a history.

If you have the desire and passion to do something, and it's within God's will, you will achieve it.

Only begin, and you will become eloquent of yourself.