I thought at times that poetry might be an elegant way of screaming.

The point of living in the world is just to stay interested.

I wasn't glad that I hadn't died. And I wasn't sad that I hadn't. I wasn't anything.

If you love something, know that it will leave on a day you are far from ready.

Like many parents in middle age, he's quick to spot changes in the world, slow to note shifts in his own perspective.

Time only goes in that one direction.

The tongues of hell are dull.

Adlai Stevenson - a Henry James character in a Reader's Digest world.

The wild stuff is all so overrated. Drinking, you don't feel good all the time. There's a lot of down, a lot of misery.

While I was busy reminiscing about my first day on earth, I had forgotten that I was falling to my death. Damned ADD.

She might be nasty, she might be fat, but I never met a person who would tell her that.

When we stop to count our blessings rather than focusing on our predicament, our attitude will be able to help us cope with our situation more productively.

That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job.

A writer has to be driven crazy to help him to see. A writer needs his poisons.

Any idea is only as valuable as its ability to solve a problem.

Outside of show business, I live a normal life.