If there were any justice in this world, people would occasionally be permitted to fly over pigeons.

The bridges that you cross before you come to them are over rivers that aren't there.

Accept good advice gracefully - as long as it doesn't interfere with what you intended to do in the first place.

The toughest thing about raising kids is convincing them that you have seniority.

The annoying thing about being modest is that you can't brag about it.

The really tough thing about humility is you can't brag about it.

Foolproof systems to not take into account the ingenuity of fools.

One good thing about being young is that you're not experienced enough to know what can't be done.

The trouble with making intelligent suggestions is that you're apt to be appointed to carry them out.

The key to getting ahead is setting aside 8 hours a day for work and 8 hours a day for sleep - and making sure they're not the same hours.

One good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing.

If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live.

And we were married and all the windows were open but the smell of flowers was so thick and sickly sweet. I felt like I might choke to death.

For my little dog, Pip, who joined our family during the writing ofthis story. Thanks for rescuing me.

My mother would say it is literally ghost writers who come to me.

The power of determination will make you unstoppable.

It's quite sad to see how many people I've known over that years that just die off, you know like wilted flowers. Well, there's something to be said for flowers in the dustbin.

The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance, and never to keep his word.

There are those who would misteach us that to stick in a rut is consistency - and a virtue, and that to climb out of the rut is inconsistency - and a vice.

All art is an imitation of nature.

Talk radio is running America. We have to deal with that problem.