Sometimes there is nothing you can do, and in those times, you must do something anyway.

In the end, all solutions are temporary.

I think there's a lot of power in listening to one person talking to you. And this should never be underestimated.One person sitting and talking to you and, you're pulled in, in ways that technology and art and all cannot.

Pumpkin pie is a living symbol of mediocrity. The best pumpkin pie you ever ate wasn't all that much different from the worst pumpkin pie you ever ate.

It is more worthy in the eyes of God . . . if a writer makes three pages sharp and funny about the lives of geese than to make three hundred fat and flabby about God or the American people.

I remember when I switched from Christmas to sex as the secret of happiness.

A good friend is a person who thinks you're one of the good eggs, even if he knows you're a little cracked.