The Greeks had invented democracy, built the Acropolis and called it a day.

The Greeks had invented democracy, built the Acropolis and called it a day.

Boys who spent their weekends making banana nut muffins did not, as a rule, excel in the art of hand-to-hand combat.

There's no such thing as a folk writer. There's no such thing as somebody who's never read a book before suddenly sitting down one day and writing one. You have to learn how to captivate a reader. Right? And I don't mean you have to go to school for it. But if you're - if you pay attention, you can learn it by reading books. And so I feel like I learned a lot by reading books.

Sometimes I say to myself, 'Oh, I wish I could win a Tony Award', although I'm not that bothered.

..she took pictures of germs, viruses, and people reacting to germs and viruses. On weekends, for extra money, she photographed weddings, which really wasn't that much of a stretch

To say that a humorist exaggerates to get big laughs, I don't see how that's big news.