I had a tight stomach all the time. I actually developed ulcers. I've learned better than to put all that internal pressure on myself.

...Pomeranians speak only to Poodles and Poodles speak only to God.

I would love to write something that people would still read 50 or 100 years from now. That comes with growing older, I think.

I wasn't a very discriminating reader. I read just about everything that came along.

It takes an earthquake to remind us that we walk on the crust of an unfinished planet.

TV critics, who traditionally hate television and make their living writing about it, often didn't like what I did on the air.

It's that enthusiasm, that passion for what you're doing, that is most important.