I convinced him his luggage had gone to that big Bermuda Triangle in the sky.

Never be in a hurry to terminate a marriage. Remember, you may need this man/woman to finish a sentence.

... it's simply wrong to always order [kids] to stop that fighting. There are times when one child is simply defending his rights and damned well should be fighting.

When you're an orthodox worrier, some days are worse than others.

Like religion, politics, and family planning, cereal is not a topic to be brought up in public. It's too controversial.

To say, "Well, I write when I really get into it" is a bunch of bull. Put the paper in the typewriter, stare at it a long time, get snowblindness if you have to, but write something.

When the history of guilt is written, parents who refuse their children money will be right up there in the Top Ten.