I like working on stories where I can explore the darker corners of childhood without illustrations but with humor.

Just like old librarians, old coins are often more valuable than they appear at face value.

Remember that other people are as real as you.Other people's feelings are as real as yours.In fact, our feelings are what make us real.

What’s wrong with just talking? Isn’t that why bars were invented? So you could talk to somebody over a drink—as opposed to sitting at home alone getting sloshed?

What do people want? Well, you really can’t talk about wants until you talk about needs.

Is that what I wanted? To be in the middle of something complicated and dramatic? To be a cheerleader for someone else’s romance? Or to have a romance of my own?

some wishes come true. some wishes dont. sometimes you find out you were wishing for the completely wrong thing.

Many things can cause us to worry, but a kind word or deed can do wonders. Sometimes that's all we need to feel better.

If your hogs have warts, call us. Hogwarts Wart Removal. 555-HOGWARTS

I like that there's no love as fierce as the love you feel for your family that there's no one you feel more protective of than the very same people who can drive you crazy.

Advice is autobiography.

Self is the opaque veil that hides the face of God from us.

Forget your troubles and dance! Forget your sorrows and dance! Forget your sickness and dance! Forget your weakness and dance!

I used to be so young, how did I get so old?

I also have been called that terrible "N" word straight to my face and not known what to do about it because it was just in like 1993 that someone called me that.

In every man's heart there is anchored a little schooner.

No one, and nothing, will ever hurt you as long as I'm alive.

I don't want to be the president of the United States. I do want to work with the governors across the country to make the states more pivotal, more powerful, as they should be.

Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin.

I tell people I'm a stand-up comedian two hours a week. The rest of the time, I'm somebody's husband, I'm somebody's father. I'm a man. I take great pride in that.