Generally the pythons are better than anything else at killing.

The method preferred by most balding men for making themselves look silly is called the comb over.

I never start a section of the story without knowing how it will end. I also consciously try to shape the story as though it were a movie.

Remember: What dad really wants is a nap. Really.

Note that both of these papers [the New York Post and the New York Daily News] are big sellers in a city whose residents like to go around saying they'd never live anyplace else on account of they'd miss the opera.

I don't even care what Bill Bryson writes about because he will make it interesting. I love "A Walk in the Woods," about the Appalachian Trail, but his most amazing book is "A Short History of Nearly Everything."

I had arrived at the airport one hour early so that, in accordance with airline procedures, I could stand around.