Soap, like people, shouldn't smell like anything.

I've learned... That life is tough, but I'm tougher.

I don't like food that's too carefully arranged; it makes me think that the chef is spending too much time arranging and not enough time cooking. If I wanted a picture I'd buy a painting.

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.

Civilization means conforming to a standard of behavior that may not seem natural to us.

I've learned that no matter how serious your life requires you to be, everyone needs a friend to act goofy with.

I never get over feeling bad about tearing open a beautifully wrapped present. It takes ten seconds to destroy a work of art that took someone ten minutes to accomplish.