Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.

Do not approach with anything even resembling assurance a restaurant that moves.

The opposite of talking isn't listening. The opposite of talking is waiting.

I hate academic mysteries. As soon as I come across the word 'don' and it's not someone's first name, I close the book.

There are some short essays that are very grave, and most contemporary novels are lighter than air.

The first time I ever saw platform shoes in the '70s, I knew they'd been revived from the '40s, and I felt sickened. And for whatever reason, they keep getting revived. They've come back four times. I wish we could let them die. They want to die. They were horrible then, they're horrible now.

I do not think everyone is created equal. In fact, I know they're not. [The Constitution] means that everyone should have the same laws as everyone else. It doesn't mean that everyone's as smart or as cute or as lucky as everyone else.