In a conversation, keep in mind that you're more interested in what you have to say than anyone else is.

I don't think the government is out to get me or help someone else get me but it wouldn't surprise me if they were out to sell me something or help someone else sell me something. I mean, why else would the Census Bureau want to know my telephone number?

My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to have an idea. That's the way to get an idea.

I am interested in details. If you go into anything far enough, you get into the details of it, and people turn out to be interested in what makes things work.

Love is more pleasant once you get out of your twenties. It doesn't hurt all the time.

Numbers tend to give the impression that there's more order in the world than there is.

Don't you hate it when...your suitcase is the last one off the airplane?