Artists don't need criticism, artists need love

The author O. Henry taught me about the value of the unexpected. He once wrote about the noise of flowers and the smell of birds—the birds were chickens and the flowers dried sunflowers rattling against a wall.

Censorship, I believe, is the most dangerous enemy to all human communication, and piety of intention is probably the most dangerous, the most virulent and the most self-satisfying.

The weatherman is not only blamed for his failure to foretell, he is blamed for the weather itself.

Dell is to a degree in the penalty box because expectations and probable results have gotten ratcheted down.

The road is better than the inn.

Comedy is unusual people in real situations; farce is real people in unusual situations.