I only speak a little pigeon French. Just enough to get by with the little French pigeons.

A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.

A sense of humor is good for you. Have you ever heard of a laughing hyena with heart burn?

No one party can fool all of the people all of the time; that's why we have two parties

I always like to go to Washington D.C. It gives me a chance to visit my money.

My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?

I have seen what a laugh can do. It can transform almost unbearable tears into something bearable, even hopeful.

When she started to play, Steinway came down personally and rubbed his name off the piano.

The good news is that Jesus is coming back. The bad news is that he's really pissed off.

The trees in Siberia are miles apart, that is why the dogs are so fast.

I don't do a lot of political jokes. Too many are getting elected.

Soul connections are not often found and are worth every bit of fight left in you to keep.

The hollowness was in his arms and the world was snowing.

In order to tap into the power of dreaming, we must connect not only to the human story, but to all of nature and creation as well

The one thing that keeps us out of connection is our fear that we're not worthy of connection.

Fight with realistic hope, not to destroy all the world's wrong, but to renew its good.

I teach how to fit into a world I don't want to live in. I just can't do it anymore.

There’s no room for bravado when you’re alone in the bush.

God bless Interlibrary Loan. I pay a lot of library fines. In the case of 'A Single Shard,' I was using books that hadn't been checked out in 30 years, so I didn't feel too bad.

You can't have style if you don't have substance.

For my sister's 50th birthday, I sent her a singing mammogram.