Generally speaking, it is inhumane to detain a fleeting insight.

Humility is no substitute for a good personality.

Anti-smoking sentiment has replaced middle-class morality entirely. The smoker has taken the place of the homosexual. Today you hear people say things about smokers that used to be said about homosexuals - they pollute the environment; you don't want them around your children.

Spilling your guts is just exactly as charming as it sounds.

I've never had the experience of being edited and never will.

To me, O'Hara is the real Fitzgerald.

Your responsibility as a parent is not as great as you might imagine. You need not supply the world with the next conqueror of disease or major motion picture star. If your child simply grows up to be someone who does not use the word "collectible" as a noun, you can consider yourself an unqualified success.