I go to church every Sunday, which is like going to the gas station once a week and really, really filling up.

if you want to know how God feels about money, look at whom she gives it to.

It is a violation of trust to use your kids as caulking for the cracks in you.

My friend Terry says that when you need to make a decision, in your work or otherwise, and you don’t know what to do, just do one thing or the other, because the worst that can happen is that you will have made a terrible mistake.

Seeing yourself in print is such an amazing concept: you can get so much attention without having to actually show up somewhere... You don't have to dress up, for instance, and you can't hear them boo you right away.

This is what separates artists from ordinary people: the belief, deep in our hearts, that if we build our castles well enough, somehow the ocean won't wash them away. I think this is a wonderful kind of person to be.

All parents are an embarrassment to their kids. Often grandparents are the relief. Kids don't have to resist you.