Irving Wallace family - they have preservatives.

The Banh Mi sandwich is really the only good argument for colonialism.

A new regulation for the publishing industry: "The advance for a book must be larger than the check for the lunch at which it was discussed.

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

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.'

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

Since nostaglia is fueled by inflation, could it be that inflation is the result of a conspiracy by the people who are trying to palm off McGovern buttons and Howdy Doody puppets and their Aunt Thelma's toaster as antiques.