I see a lot of that on Tumblr - people asking advice from people they don't know. That's so odd to me. Asking an anonymous person for advice seems very odd.

I was forced to go to Cotillion when I was in seventh grade. So I learned what fork is what and dance steps.

You can't be wishy-washy. That's the most boring thing in the world, to be a middle-of-the-road wet noodle. That's my greatest fear, to be like, "Oh, whatever." That's just not who I am.

Christmas is a blanket that warms our cold hearts.

Well, first you have to be very, very funny. I have realized that it is essential for a boy to be funny. Otherwise, what is the point in a boy?

We would not be enjoying those cellphones and those tablets at the price where they are had it not been for globalization, both in terms of trade and in terms of constant technological innovation.

Equality...is the result of human organization. We are not born equal.

Genre-spanning is the effort to make the live show interesting. It's also a great way to challenge yourself as a writer.

They are bearcrawls ... a bearclaw is a donut

It is the reformer who is anxious for the reform, and not society, from which he should expect nothing better than opposition, abhorrence and even mortal persecution.

Sometimes your dream has to die so God's dream can come alive in you.

I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.

I don't want to tell people what to think. I just want to show people what I think.