When you get older you have to be careful about always saying, "Things aren't as good as they used to be." But it's hard not to.

Let's face it, though, anything that's apt to happen to an appliance like a blender isn't covered by the warranty anyway, so I never send them in. If it breaks, I'll buy a new one. That's the American way.

I spent my first 50 years trying to become known as a writer and the next 30 trying to avoid being famous. I walk down the street or go to a football game and people shout, 'Hey Andy'. I hate that.

It's ridiculous for a country to get all worked up about a game—except the Super Bowl, of course. Now that's important.

Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of everything printed out by a computer is garbage that no one ever reads.

Do I have opinions that might piss people off? Yes - that's what I'm here for.

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.