But real life is only one kind of life—there is also the life of the imagination.

The living language is like a cowpath: it is the creation of the cows themselves, who, having created it, follow it or depart from it according to their whims or their needs. From daily use, the path undergoes change. A cow is under no obligation to stay

Life's meaning has always eluded me and I guess always will. But I love it just the same.

The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it, the speed of his acceptance.

You can dissect a joke just as you can a frog. But it tends to die on you.

Understanding humor is like dissecting a live frog. It can be done, but the frog tends to die in the process.

Writing is both mask and unveiling.