People see me and they squeal like tropical birds or seals stranded on the beach.

I don't think Christmas is necessarily about things. It's about being good to one another, it's about the Christian ethic, it's about kindness.

I'm very sane about how crazy I am.

I've often said to myself, "Thank God I can write, 'cause this is hilarious." I actually wanted to go into all that more in the book, but my editor thought it was too crazy.

Revenge may not be a particularly high consciousness-oriented activity.

What doesn't kill men makes them stronger. What doesn't kill women makes men breakfast.

Mania starts off fun, not sleeping for days, keeping company with your brain, which has become a wonderful computer, showing 24 TV channels all about you. That goes horribly wrong after awhile.