We go out of our way to make people so different,... to punish them because of color, because of sex, because of size, and the game starts.

Nothing separates the generations more than music. By the time a child is eight or nine, he has developed a passion for his own music that is even stronger than his passions for procrastination and weird clothes.

But if that's what you want to be, that's what you will be - as long as you study.

Sometimes you try to help people, and it backfires on you, and then they try to take advantage of you.

Like everyone else who makes the mistake of getting older, I begin each day with coffee and obituaries.

What is it about grandparents that is so lovely? I'd like to say that grandparents are God's gifts to children.

I'm going out... because I deserve to go out! And I'm going to get drunk... because I deserve to get drunk! And get out of my way!