If any writer thinks the world is full of middle class people of nice sensibilities, then he is out of his mind.

An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves.

We hope that, when the insects take over the world, they will remember with gratitude how we took them along on all our picnics.

The eagle may soar; beavers build dams.

The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.

The whale is endangered, while the ant continues to do just fine.

Even pearls are dark before the whiteness of his teeth.

Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.

Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.

Now that women are jockeys, baseball umpires, atomic scientists, and business executives, maybe someday they can master parallel parking.

The government is shutting down the coal industry, they say it's cheaper to draw nuclear power off the French grid and cheaper to buy coal from Colombia.

…Jesus spent more time eating, drinking and lounging with 'tax collectors and sinners' than explaining the Roman Roadmap to Heaven or undermining their belief system.

Monk... not monk but Andrian Monk makes mistakes if he makes then and we can.

I always had to diet. I'm diabetic, so it's a lifestyle for me anyway just to stay healthy and not end up in the hospital.

Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.

It is well known that in war, the first casualty is truth - that during any war truth is forsaken for propaganda.

There's only one ball game for any writer, and it's to keep you turning the pages. That's the whole ball game. That's what I have to do.

For many years I used the pronoun 'we.' Now, as in my youth, I go to sleep and wake up alone.

Good art and a good life answers questions. Great art and a great life asks questions.

When we are broken because of increased hardship, we simply have to trust in the goodness of God.