They gave each other a smile with a future in it.

He gave her a look that you could have poured on a waffle.

He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered.

How can you write if you can't cry?

Shut up,' he explained.

How do you look when I'm sober?

Frenchmen drink wine just like we used to drink water before Prohibition.

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have

Try to make the time frame the minimum the story will permit.

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

He looked at me as if I was a side dish he hadn't ordered.

A president cannot defend a nation if he is not held accountable to its laws.

Ian was living in fairyland and in our own way we all helped him to stay there.

People got insights into what was bothering them, but they hardly did a damn thing to change.

I grew up in Jackson, Mississippi, really in suburbia, so my mother was in community theatre plays.

Love is more than an emotion, it is a decision.

Pride is what you can afford or think you can afford.

The one profession where you can gain great eminence without ever being right.

For a second I think about how easy it would be to pass back to the other side, to walk straight into the laboratories and offer myself up to the surgeons. You were right; I was wrong. Get it out.

By overhauling current rules and speeding the entry of competitors in the market, we encourage competition and provide our constituents with new choices and cheaper bills.

Scratching is one of nature's sweetest gratifications, and nearest at hand.