I do not want you ever to initiate any action for any refunds of taxes without first consulting me and presenting the matter fully to me so that I may judge whether it is an honorable and ethical action to take, not simply legally, but according to my own personal standards.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Creation's probably overrated. After all, God made the world in only six days and rested on the seventh.

Paris is so very beautiful that it satisfies something in you that is always hungry in America.

Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.

Personal columnists are jackals and no jackal has been known to live on grass once he had learned about meat - no matter who killed the meat for him.

Modern life ... is often a mechanical oppression and liquor is the only mechanical relief.