After age twelve, birthdays should be as private as hernia surgery.

All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with a white carpet is one of them.

Myths that need clarification: "No matter how many times you see the Grand canyon, you are still emotionally moved to tears." False. It depends on how many children the out-of-towners brought with them who kicked the back of your seat from Phoenix to Flagstaff and got their gum caught in your hair.

The fact was I didn't want to look my age, but I didn't want to act the age I wanted to look either. I also wanted to grow old enough to understand that sentence.

I used everything you gave me.

I don't think women outlive men, Doctor. It only seems longer.

I have a theory about the human mind. A brain is a lot like a computer. It will only take so many facts, and then it will go on overload and blow up.