Editing is the same as quarreling with writers — same thing exactly.

If you can't be funny, be interesting.

I asked Ring Lardner the other day how he writes his short stories, and he said he wrote a few widely separated words or phrases on a piece of paper and then went back and filled in the spaces.

Don't think I'm not incoheret.

Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.

In the old days in San Francisco there was a famous drink called Pisco Punch, made from Pisco, a Peruvian brandy pisco punch used to taste like lemonade but had a kick like vodka, or worse.

You have the power to choose compassion in each moment.

In Iran, as in all developing countries, they wanted to copy the outside world, without knowing what was good for our own country.

My children think I'm the perfect father, but I try to bring them up to know that, 'when you are old enough you will find some faults in me, so keep an open mind.'

the only revenge worth having is success.

The music industry is an interesting lens through which to look at change, because it has had such a difficult time adjusting to the digital age.

If I were an innocent individual, flown to a foreign country and held for several years and tortured, I'd become a terrorist, too. I'd go to war against the U.S.

As President Obama is inaugurated for a second time, the biggest political surprise is that gun control is now key to his political legacy.

I believe in celebrating the female figure and embracing what we've been given, not hiding that.

Scientific results that aren't reported might as well not exist. They're like the sound of one hand clapping. For scientists, communication isn't only a responsibility, it's our chief pleasure.

I recognize that knitting can improve my mood in trying circumstances