I'm very lazy, I hate to work.

I'm like the laziest person who ever lived. It's amazing to me I even sit up.

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

If thine enemy offend thee, give his child a drum.

Contrary to what many of you may imagine, a career in letters is not without its drawbacks - chief among them the unpleasant fact that one is frequently called upon to sit down and write.

In conversation you can use timing, a look, an inflection. But on the page all you have is commas, dashes, the amount of syllables in a word. When I write, I read everything out loud to get the right rhythm.

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