People often assume New York City is no place to keep a dog. This is certainly what my parents told me when I was growing up there. But I have found this not to be the case at all.

What's next for me? I don't know. So I'm in exactly the same boat as many of you.

It's a little dangerous to be a badass.

We human beings are a lot more resilient than we often realize. Resilient and perseverant.

A general truth is to have a good sense of humor. Roll with the punches of life's ups and downs. Laughing at yourself always helps.

You know the sting of losing or not getting something you badly want. When that happens show what you are made of.

In one's relationship with dogs and with a newsroom, a generous amount of praise and encouragement goes much better than criticism.

I have an older sister who sounds, unfortunately, exactly like me, and we sound like our mother did.

The printed newspaper is a powerful showcase for news, opinion and advertising.

I like the immediacy of blogs and the democratizing effects of letting millions of voices bloom on the Web.

Women are damn resilient.

I've given offense by saying I'd as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down.

For Zola, as for Huysmans, nature itself is uncanny because it is the domain of the feminine, a domain that is constitutionally defective, lacking, even pathological.

When you open your mind, you let happiness in.

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

I believe that when you work on yourself, you are attracted by different, more positive beings.

But I have a driver, so I can return calls while I'm in the car.

It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?

The real fans of football come from the working class. Now they cannot afford to come and watch the game.

For every day the government is shut down, it should be that we don't have to pay income tax that day because they're not working.

Look around at day-to-day life for ideas, and it finds its way into your work.