I have an enormous appetite to see life as I know it presented in front of my eyes.

For me, a play is a form of writing which isn't complete until it is interpreted by actors. But it's still a form of writing. And so most of my time is spent thinking about how to write a sentence.

It's obviously a characteristic of human beings that we like to feel superior to others, but our problem is we are not superior

Who says one instance of writing has anything in common with another instance?

Even with my wife, I find sharing soup is hard.

I have been vain since birth.

Sleep: a poor substitute for caffeine!

I spend most of my time thinking about things like laundry and buying stationery supplies.

I'm not proud to be me, I'm not excited to be me, but I find that I am me, and like most other individuals, I send out little signals; I tell everyone else how everything looks from where I am.

Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?

I was making my living from a joke about my appearance that I didn't understand, and in a way still don't, because when I look in a mirror it doesn't seem funny to me.

Follow reason but don’t ignore that gut feeling. We create reasons with our limited knowledge and experience, but gut feelings often come from universal knowledge.

If you want to write, write. It’s as simple as that.

Kissing don't last: cookery do.

A man could not be in two places at the same time unless he were a bird.

A nuisance may be merely a right thing in the wrong place - like a pig in the parlor instead of the barnyard.

You know you're getting old when work is a lot less fun and fun is a lot more work.

Perhaps only those who had loved and lost could appreciate this magic.

Mitt Romney, you can criticize him for a lot of things, and that's fair, but he knows how the economy works.

Iggy Azalea, I can't really get into her. Because it's just not real to me.

The Cap and Trade Bill HR 2454 was voted on last Friday. Proponents claim this bill will help the environment, but what it really does is put another nail in the economy’s coffin.