If you're cross-eyed and have dyslexia, can you see okay?

You know you're getting old when you can pinch an inch on your forehead.

My sister's asthmatic. In the middle of an asthma attack she got an obscene phone call. The guy said, "Did I call you or did you call me?"

Stay strong, " said the detective. "They respect strength." What the hell was she supposed to do? Break a chair? Bench-press a Volvo?

Depending on what I'm working on, I come to the writing desk with entirely different mindsets. When I change form one to the other, it's as if another writer is on the scene.

There's a built-up tension in religion, and if you can release it, you'll get a huge and satisfying laugh.

Intensity is all that matters in painting.

When old men decided to barter young men for pride and profit, the transaction was called war.

We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight

If home is to have a greater lure than a tavern the wife must be at least as cheerful as the waitress.

I am an African-American in America. That will never change. But I don't have to be defined by that.

I am nothing; nothing is everything