Sex gets people killed, put in jail, beaten up, bankrupted, and disgraced, to say nothing of ruined - personally, politically, and professionally. Looking for sex can lead to misfortune, and if you get lucky and find it, it can leave you maimed, infected, or dead. Other than that, it's swell: the great American pastime. ... You probably won't see it on a bumper sticker, but sex kills.

Friends are the family we choose for ourselves.

Friends are family you choose.

Love is so fragile and so often fatal. I am amazed when people are brave enough to risk it.

You ought to try surviving one of my family reunions. It's like having a bowling alley in your brain.

Guns have no eyes, no friends. You never know if they'll protect your life or take it.

To entrust to an editor a story over which you have labored and to which your name and reputation are attached can be like sending your daughter off for an evening with Ted Bundy.