I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

I've said this before, and I say it again. Bagels can be an enormous power for good or for evil. It is up to us to decide how we will use them.

The old saw about old dogs and new tricks only applies to certain people.

I believe it is impossible to make sense of life in this world except through art.

It doesn't matter who you are, or what you've done, or think you can do. There's a confrontation with destiny awaiting you. Somewhere, there is a chile you cannot eat.

Well you know, it's true that as a fat person I run a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other things. But guess what? The amount of that risk is almost infinitessimal!

Some women have said, 'Gee, here I am getting involved with this fat guy, what will people think of me?' But they were converted and sometimes surprised.

Hoboken is a neat place.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

My parents believe in the principle of ‘sink or swim,’ or ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger ― or it kills you.” From “The Education of Robert Nifkin

Today is the yesterday you won't remember tomorrow.

Nothing links man to man like the frequent passage from hand to hand of a good book.

The artist is an educator of artists of the future who are able to understand and in the process of understanding perform unexpected - the best - evolutions.

These are pictures of the people in my family where we look like the most awkward and desperate folk you ever saw, poster children for the human condition.

According to the recent polls, Bush has a slight lead over John Kerry. So today, Bush hung a banner over the White House saying, 'Mission Accomplished.'

I really love school, but I'd love to continue acting jobs if I can.

Mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.

Vegetables, herbs and spices. If you can combine those ingredients, that would be the best dish you'd ever cook!

We get divorce, we get conned, someone we love dies, or we can't find anybody to love us or somebody breaks our heart and we realize this fairy tale ain't fair. So we suffer.

Pressure comes when someone calls on you to perform a task for which you are unprepared.

I thank you all and here dismiss you all, and to the love and favor of my country commit myself, my person, and the cause.