Dad is in commercial real estate. Mom is a writer and a retired teacher.

Happy is the man with a wife to tell him what to do and a secretary to do it.

First, you must love yourself. And if you do that convincingly enough, others will love you too much.

Brad Pitt is so good-looking there's a lightbulb inside of him shooting good-looking-ness in all directions.

All wish to be learned, but no one is willing to pay the price.

I will say, too, that lovemaking, if sincere, is one of the best ideas Satan put in the apple she gave to the serpent to give to Eve. The best idea in that apple, though, is making jazz.

I've always been taught that basketball is a team game and greater than the sum of its parts.

Happiness lies neither in vice nor in virtue; but in the manner we appreciate the one and the other, and the choice we make pursuant to our individual organization.

I'm only 49 years old. I'm still in the middle of this whole thing. I don't feel like it's finished at all. I'm still planning to write better songs.

if you listen long enough - or is it deep enough? - the silence of a lover can speak plainer than any words! Only you must know how to listen. Pain must have taught you how.

The irony is, of course, that many of the values that I was raised with, that I think are very important, that I hold dear, are the result of a religious faith.