A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.

'Don't worry about senility', my grandfather used to say.

I was'nt always black. there was this freckel that just grew and grew.

The essence of childhood, of course, is play.

My father established our relationship when I was seven years old. He looked at me and said, “You know, I brought you in this world, and I can take you out. And it don't make no difference to me, I'll make another one look just like you.

The serve was invented so that the net could play.

The secret of success is to be like a duck, Smooth and unruffled on top, But paddling furiously underneath.