Los Angeles: A city I like because it's easy to tell who the strange people are.

It seems to be a rule of life that the less qualified you are to give counsel, the more counsel you give.

The pug is living proof that God has a sense of humor.

I have never enjoyed an experience that begins at five A.M.

At the beginning of a remodel, money is everything, but as you go along, it becomes secondary to the vision. You can't have the house looking like a glorious jewel and leave the cracked linoleum or the icky light fixture, so you spend and spend and spend. Then one day it suddenly occurs to you that all that play money you've been throwing around is real - and it's in someone else's bank account.

We are living in the era of the busybody. In ancient Greece, if a person wanted guidance, it involved a long, arduous expensive journey to consult the oracle at Delphi. Today, if you want guidance, all you have to do is unplug your ears.

Los Angeles: A city I like because it's easy to tell who the strange people are.