Readers are not sheep, and not every pen tempts them.

Knowing you have something good to read before bed is among the most pleasurable of sensations.

And the rest is rust and stardust.

Do not be angry with the rain; it simply does not know how to fall upwards.

Mind you, sometimes the angels smoke, hiding it with their sleeves, and when the archangel comes, they throw the cigarettes away: that’s when you get shooting stars.

Curiosity is insubordination in its purest form.

Lolita, light of my life, fire of my loins. My sin, my soul. Lo-lee-ta: the tip of the tongue taking a trip of three steps down the palate to tap, at three, on the teeth. Lo. Lee. Ta.

The writer's job is to get the main character up a tree, and then once they are up there, throw rocks at them.

There are aphorisms that, like airplanes, stay up only while they are in motion.

I think it is all a matter of love: the more you love a memory, the stronger and stranger it is.

Loneliness as a situation can be corrected, but as a state of mind it is an incurable illness.

In order to truly give to others, you have to give to yourself first.

The Israelis haven't done anything to the Palestinians. They treated them with flowers and roses.

Be who you want to be, do what it takes to be that way, and in time, you will have what you want in life.

I remember one of the legendary German broadcasters saying, "Germany's future is America's present," and it really was that with the penetration of television.

Whether at work, home or school, everybody carries their brain around them, and if the organ suffers from a disorder, we carry the disorder around with us too.

When you decide you're going to join a project, it's all about the gift you're giving the audience.

Some of my funniest thoughts come to me while I'm taking a shower.

Frying chicken always makes me feel a little better about life.

I've been doing a lot of drama, but I feel like comedy is my strength.

Bobby is the most misunderstood, misquoted celebrity walking the face of this earth