Writers often write their best when they are feeling their worst

You mustn’t be so open-minded that your brains fall out.

Addiction isnt about substance - you arent addicted to the substance, you are addicted to the alteration of mood that the substance brings.

There is no such thing as expecting too much.

I believe that the memoir is the novel of the 21st century; it’s an amazing form that we haven’t even begun to tap…we’re just getting started figuring out what the rules are.

The actual American childhood is less Norman Rockwell and Walt Disney than Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe.

Dogs are great teachers. They are at home in the world. They live in the moment, and they force us to stay there with them. Dogs love us unconditionally, not for our bodies or bank accounts.

Womens currency is their looks. Like it or not, the most powerful woman is an 18-year-old woman.

Personal experience is the lightning of the soul; it transforms the heart in ways that leave the brain behind.

Death is terrifying because it is so ordinary. It happens all the time.

Guilt is petty; I am above guilt.

Listen to your intuition and the quiet promptings of your heart.

A typical Ponzi scheme involves taking money from investors, then paying them off with money taken from new investors, rather than paying them from actual earnings.

We've given all you people need to know and understand about our financial situation and how we live our life.

I travel light; as light, that is, as a man can travel who will still carry his body around because of its sentimental value.

I know I'm the world's worst fielder, but who gets paid for fielding? There isn't a great fielder in baseball getting the kind of dough I get paid for hitting.

No one is ever more him/herself than when they really laugh. Their defenses are down. It's very Zen-like, that moment. They are completely open.

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.

Culture Clash is a national treasure.

Honesty is the best policy, but insanity is a better defense.

That's what a Congressman or a Senator is for -- to see that too much money don't accumulate in the national Treasury.