There is no such thing as inner peace. There is only nervousness or death. Any attempt to prove otherwise constitutes unacceptable behavior.

I'm very lazy, I hate to work.

When I was a kid, the people of my generation didn't want to be writers, they wanted to be rock stars. Rock and roll was not just entertainment, it was the center of people's lives. When I was young, it was exciting and interesting.

Educational television should be absolutely forbidden. It can only lead to unreasonable disappointment when your child discovers that the letters of the alphabet do not leap up out of books and dance around with royal-blue chickens.

The conversational overachiever is someone whose grasp exceeds his reach. This is possible but not attractive.

If you want to get ahead in this world get a lawyer -- not a book.

As a teenager you are at the last stage in your life when you will be happy to hear that the phone is for you.