too much alcohol hampers people's ability to parent. That's why I've chosen to remain childless.

A man of peace shall always live in peace, if all chances are given and only shall he stand to fight for his rights if peace and freedom isn't granted to him.

Save the contrition for the confessional. Regret isn't worth a damn to anyone.

Heartstorming takes you much further than your brainstorm can conceive.

Common sense is instinct and enough of it is genius.

The Peace Corps is a sort of Howard Johnson's on the main drag into maturity.

A good taste is often unconscious; a just taste is always conscious.

While writing a novel I almost completely stop reading books in the same sub-genre for the duration.

Open your mind to what I shall disclose, and hold it fast within you; he who hears, but does not hold what he has heard, learns nothing. Beatrice - Canto V 40-42

Some of these rich folks seem to think that everything belongs to them and they'll even get to take it with them when they die. But you know what? You don't ever see a hearse pulling a U Haul.

I've spent my whole life worrying about the human-computer interface, so I don't want to suggest that what we have today is even close to acceptable.