Parenting is something that happens mostly while you're thinking of something else.

Pay attention to your passions. They are the key to starting and finishing the book you are meant to write. I don't believe in talent. I believe in passion.

The truth needs so little rehearsal.

He was getting that look he gets, oh boy, like Here comes Moses tromping down off of Mount Syanide with ten fresh ways to wreck your life.

He had senile dementia and liked to go outside naked, but he could still do two things perfectly: win at checkers and write out prescriptions.

The gods you do not pay are the ones that can curse you best.

...whatever is lovely, whatever is gracious, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. And peace will be with you.