The tragedy of life doesn't lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach.

Mom, you know what? I just realized you have a knack for making people disappear. [Lella's son catches on!]

If they laugh at you for being true to yourself, laugh back at them for not knowing how great it feels to be in love with one's positive self.

The well-being and welfare of children should always be our focus.

I'm not afraid of putting myself out there to someone and then them passing on it. At least you could have gotten a 'yes.' So it's worthwhile to have the cojones to do it.

Angelic Sookie, vision of love and beauty, I am prostrate that the wicked evil maenad violated your smooth and voluptuous body, in an attempt to deliver a message to me. -Eric

For me, love carries the seeds of its own destruction.

In an odd way, Donald Trump and maybe Brexit is gonna be great for inspiring a new wave of socially conscious political music.

One shouldn't be afraid to lose; this is sport. One day you win; another day you lose. Of course, everyone wants to be the best. This is normal. This is what sport is about. This is why I love it.

No special writing rituals. And my desk is usually cluttered.

In the laboratory the gambits all test unfavorably, but the old rule wears well, that all gambits are sound over the board.