Every good idea sooner or later degenerates into hard work.

The ceiling on taxation of capital gains reflects the national belief that speculation is a more worthwhile way to make a living than work.

Irving Wallace family - they have preservatives.

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.'

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

Once, in Lisbon, I tried my best to work the phone book in a way that would assuage a longing [Alice and I] had for certain Chinese dishes . . . .

Do my ears deceive me, or can I actually hear the sounds of worms turning? You say a turning worm makes no sound? But how about a chorus of turning worms?