The method (of learning Japanese) recommended by experts is to be born as a Japanese baby and raised by a Japanese family, in Japan. And even then it's not easy.

Washington is nicknamed "The Evergreen State" because it sounds better than "The Incessant Nagging Drizzle State."

You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests that you think she's pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging from her at that moment.

The main accomplishment of almost all organized protests is to annoy people who are not in them.

The Internet "browser"... is the piece of software that puts a message on your computer screen informing you that the Internet is currently busy and you should try again later.

By today's beauty standards, of course, Marilyn Monroe was an oil tanker.

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.