I also found that for myself, since I've had no religious education, it was so interesting to see the different versions of heaven and what life on earth means.

I happen to disagree with the well-entrenched theory that the art of conversation is merely the art of being a good listener. Such advice invites people to be cynical with one another and full of fake; when a conversation becomes a monologue, poked along with tiny cattle-prod questions, it isn't a conversation any more.

No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.

Because there are so many shows on and because I've been so hands-on - I've had a piece on almost every single week - I don't know how to cut back on that. You really can't.

The aging process seems to strike first at the mechanism which warns that we have been talking too much and the listener is growing restless. The signal isn't perfect at any age - drink, for instance, throws it right out of kilter - but it is almost non-existent in old people.

A conversation isn't a competition.

Being a parent is tough. If you just want a wonderful little creature to love, you can get a puppy