I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.

No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

All I've ever wanted was to be near you.

Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts.

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

It was karma, it was kismet, it was magic. It doesn't matter how it happened, just that it did.

You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

I do like the world quite a lot.

Even the jerks earn some of our affection. We can be glad they're gone and yet still mourn the good parts.

The attempted professionalization of serious and systematic thinking has had a disastrous effect upon our culture

I'm a romantic slob!

Regardless of how distant your dreams may seem, every second counts.

Executives do not on the whole do well with comedy. They can't understand it, they can't read it, they can't spot it.

If you happen to believe what Ben & Jerry's is supporting and involved in, then you should support the company. If you don't believe in what we are supporting, don't support it.

That kind of natural understanding doesn't develop naturally

In fact, depending on how much you earn, you can afford to pay somebody to do almost anything you don't like to do.

He did not know that the child who had asked for yesterday was now seeking to own tomorrow.

I needed my stuff around me, and in that little cocoon I felt good, and I could work.

When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.