It's easy to get distracted by the vaudevillian aspects of the healthcare debate.

That's what people do when they find a special place that wild and full of life, they trample it to death.

Mickey Cray had been out of work ever since a dead iguana fell from a palm tree and hit him on the head.

I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.

Sometimes you're going to be faced with situations where the line isn't clear between what's right and what's wrong.Your heart will tell you to do one thing and your brain will tell you to do something different. In the end, all that's left is to look at both sides and go with your best judgment.

I think it's always good for the author to stay a good cattle prod's distance from the actual moviemaking.

From my experience, politicians are much more uncomfortable being made fun of than they are being preached at and screeched at - you know, and the soapbox routine. They're much more uneasy knowing they're a target of ridicule.