The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.

... life itself is brief, and that is what charges the day with such ridiculous beauty.

A cruise ship is a floating town of lazy people.

A book is a gift you can open again and again.

I can write anywhere. I write in airports. I write on airplanes. I've written in the back seats of taxis. I write in hotel rooms. I love hotel rooms. I just write wherever I am whenever I need to write.

I don't have a great eye for detail. I leave blanks in all of my stories. I leave out all detail, which leaves the reader to fill in something better.

Marriage, friends, is a lifelong feast; love is no light lunch.