Let go of the past and cling to the future.

Humor is the oxygen of children's literature. There's a lot of competition for children's time, but even kids who hate to read want to read a funny book.

The greatest threat to freedom is the absence of criticism.

I am a big fan of[Barak] Obama.I'd like to lie on the ground and have him walk over me.

It is cynicism and fear that freeze life; it is faith that thaws it out, releases it, sets it free.

I can sleep anywhere. I can fall asleep standing up, literally anywhere.

One man meets an infamous punishment for that crime which confers a diadem on others.

It has been my experience that women tell more intimate details to their friends than men do. Men may brag more, but women will talk the nitty-gritty and share the experience more.

War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.

It takes far less energy to move from first-rate performance to excellence than it does to move from incompetence to mediocrity.

The dirty work at political conventions is almost always done in the grim hours between midnight and dawn. Hangmen and politicians work best when the human spirit is at its lowest ebb.