Contrary to what many of you may imagine, a career in letters is not without its drawbacks - chief among them the unpleasant fact that one is frequently called upon to sit down and write.

In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.

Think before you speak. Read before you think.

My favorite animal is steak.

The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.

A hobby is, of course, an abomination, as are all consuming interests and passions that do not lead directly to large, personal gain.

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.

Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.

There are two modes of transport in Los Angeles: car and ambulance. Visitors who wish to remain inconspicuous are advised to choose the latter

I've done the calculation and your chances of winning the lottery are identical whether you play or not.

Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.

He tastes like mint and posession and fire.

In God we trust. All others [must] have data. - Bernard Fisher

I mean, I'm married first of all to one of, if not the most wonderful women in the world. She is everything - funny, attractive, hard-working, she has integrity, she loves me to bits.

You can shear a sheep a hundred times, but you can skin it only once.

When a small child... I thought that success spelled happiness. I was wrong.

Misty of Chincoteague', 'The Black Stallion', the 'Saddle Club' books, I read 'em all. I was horse-crazy.

When from a long distant past nothing subsists after the things are broken and scattered, the smell and taste of things remain.

Whether the person should then be called "an intellectual" seems to reduce the issue to a question of terminology.

Without a minimum of hope, we cannot so much as start the struggle.

We are the bees of the invisible. We madly gather the honey of the visible to store it in the great golden hive of the invisible.