Not writing is probably the most exhausting profession I've ever encountered.

I love sleep because it is both pleasant and safe to use. Pleasant because one is in the best possible company and safe because sleep is the consummate protection against the unseemliness that is the invariable consequence of being awake. What you don't know won't hurt you. Sleep is death without the responsibility.

I'm not a nervous person. I'm not afraid to be on TV. I'm only afraid when I write. When I'm at my desk I feel like most people would feel if they went on TV.

Notoriously insensitive to subtle shifts in mood, children will persist in discussing the color of a recently sighted cement-mixer long after one's own interest in the topic has waned.

Once you go outside your natural audience, there are tons of people that don't like you.

Calling a taxi in Texas is like calling a rabbi in Iraq.

White grapes are very attractive but when it comes to dessert people generally like cake with icing.