There is a theory that sooner or later anything in America that is any fun at all will be ruined by people from California.

You know, I used to say, when people say, 'How do you think about what to write about in the poems every week?' And I say, 'Well, I have to turn it in on Monday, so on Sunday nights I turn the shower to iambic pentameter and it sort of works out that way.'

Many Texas barbecue fanatics have a strong belief in the beneficial properties of accumulated grease.

I suppose it's possible that the Sundance Kid didn't like to make much of his birthdays — they may have struck him as just another reminder that his draw was getting slower by the year—but what if he truly liked a major celebration? What if he looked forward every year to marking the day of his birth with what they used to call in the West 'a real wingding, with pink balloons and a few survivors'?

Avoid restaurants with names that are improbable descriptions, such as the Purple Goose, the Blue Kangaroo or the Quilted Orangutan.

Being on a book tour is a lot easier than reporting.

If Lincoln freed the slaves and preserved the Union, how come 'Lincolnesque' just means tall?