Politics is how you think about life itself.

I believe that the fragile-flower, idea-intolerant society of victimhood that is being cultivated in many colleges today is really bad.

Mostly, you become a writer not because you want to get rich or famous, but because you have to write; because there is something inside that must come out.

The verb "Garland" should be created. It would mean to unfairly put a stinking albatross around someone's neck, to make him unemployable.

The horrifying thing is that nearly half of America seems in synch with xenophobia and race-baiting.

Editorials are editorials. They a supposed to have an opinion, even a very strong one.

The one thing an aspiring writer must understand is that it's hard. If you think it's not hard, you're not doing it right.

I once found myself driving, smoking a cigar, taking notes, and talking on the phone at the same time. I only became completely aware of this when I had to shift, and realized something had to give.

One thing I am learning from the kitten is that everything he is doing seems to be in preparation for murder.

I think Marco Rubio could never have recovered from revealing himself to be pathetic.

Every single fat comic uses his weight as a punchline. There is something sad about that.

The moment you stop trying to become a better person, is the moment you start to become worse than what you already are.

The excitement of opportunity and challenge inspires us to push for greatness.

Wow. Look at the lines in your face, Missy. It's like your bitterness just dug in and stayed.

If you feel deserve to judge the arrogant, it's a sign that you're so far of humbleness.

Those that can heal can harm; those that can cure can kill.

Lately I've been a workaholic. I'm in the studio all the time and I've helped to produce a couple of artists

[My mother] is much more musical, and by the time I started writing songs - by the time I was about 17 - she started to believe in me, musically.

Steve Jobs was a digital pioneer, but when he went home, he listened to vinyl.

Always shun whatever may make you angry.

I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.