In your 50s, time becomes precious and must not be wasted. Every minute is an excellent opportunity for a good nap. Happy 50th birthday!

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

Sex education may be a good idea in the schools, but I don't believe the kids should be given homework.

If you took your child to the dentist and check for cavities, the child likely won't get them. If you take them just for emergency, that's all they're gonna get.

Calculus is one course you can come with to your parents and say, I am dropping it. And they'll understand.

I want to get violence - I want schools to start from K through 12 to just every day have teachers understand that they don't want to talk about anything that is violent, and they want to explain to the children how bad violence is and how behavior - violent behavior, is something that they really should not practice and think about.

The essence of childhood, of course, is play, which my friends and I did endlessly on streets that we reluctantly shared with traffic.