I think you have to deal with grief in the sense that you have to recognize that you have it, and say that it's OK to have all the sadness.

[Our understanding is] not intellectual, but instinctive.

You bet being funny helps accomplish things. I've always maintained that people don't realize how many brain cells it takes to be funny. And politics ought to be fun -- after baseball it's our next favorite national pastime.

July does not a November election make.

Doctors are our partners, and they need all the assistance we can give them to be sure we get the right diagnosis.

I feel very strongly that change is good because it stirs up the system.

I have a real soft spot in my heart for librarians and people who care about books.