He wondered how we know that what happens to us isn't good.

The only time the word baby doesn't scare me is the time that it should, when it is what a man calls me.

I meet a person, and in my mind I'm saying three minutes; I give you three minutes to show me the spark.

I exaggerated even before I began to exaggerate, because it's true — nothing is ever quite as bad as it could be.

I leave a lot out when I tell the truth

I wanted to be a veterinarian, but slipped up when I hit organic chemistry.

All those years on the psychiatrist's couch and suddenly the couch is moving. Good God, she is on that couch when the big one hits. Maidy didn't tell you, but you know what her doctor said? She sprang from the couch and said, "My God, was that an earthquake?" The doctor said this: "Did it feel like an earthquake to you?