If cats could write history, their history would be mostly about cats.

If there is one thing all Fascists and National Socialists agreed on, it was their hostility to capitalism.

Bad ages to live through are good ages to learn from.

I won't put my ignorance on an altar and call it God. It feels like idolatry, like the worst kind of idolatry.

Complex is something that distort our perception of ourselves and the world

I only had access to him when we were together in the library, and I loved them both -the library and my father- equally and without question.

I hate to see great writers like Ringel and Ansen and Jan Stuart (among many others) being put out to pastures because print media is suffering.

Two goddesses now must Cyprus adore; The Muses are ten, and the Graces are four; Stella's wit is so charming, so sweet her fair face, She shines a new Venus, a Muse, and a Grace.

In some ways, you get to find your voice better in [a sequel] because you have to define how you're doing it differently.

Cooking is like making love, you do it well, or you do not do it at all.

Be willing to absorb some risk and failures to allow people freedom to express themselves.

All you need to know about Donald Trump is he loves his family and he loves this country. And he's going to be a great president of the United States.

The man is mechanically turned, and made for getting. . . . It was verily prettily said that we may learn the little value of fortune by the persons on whom Heaven is pleased to bestow it.