Whenever I'm with other people, part of me shrinks a little. Only when I am alone can I fully enjoy my own company.

The spectrum on the list is very broad. It includes leftists who think that whiny liberals should be stuffed in a sack and drowned.

It is not unknown for fathers with a brace of daughters to reel off their names in order of birth when summoning the youngest, and I had long ago become accustomed to being called 'Ophelia Daphne Flavia, damn it.

I always knew that I wanted to work on my own material - something that would be more long-lasting than short-lived electronic transmissions.

Growing up in a Canadian household that was more British than Big Ben, I dreamed of flying to England myself and visiting the places my family never tired of talking about. I always woke up before the plane landed.

I was learning that among friends, a smile can be better than a belly laugh.

The very best people are like that. They don't entangle you like flypaper.