In the main, ghosts are said to be forlorn and generally miserable, if not downright depressed. The jolly ghost is rare.

I don't feel old. I feel like a young man that has something wrong with him.

The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word something or how they'd inflect it.

Meryl Streep belongs on anybody's list of greats.

I live a sensible life. You know, I don't take on too much.

Nobody is going to try to confiscate guns, although some Web sites know better: President Obama, they are certain, wants to.

Music bypasses the brain and goes straight to the heart. I wish my life had more of it.