Nothing that readers say or do strikes me as a nuisance. Anyone who cracks open a book of mine is, to me, a gem.

Marrying for sex is like flying to London for the free peanuts and pretzels. It's not the point of the thing, is it?

It's better to be burnished with use than rusty with principle.

I'm a lucky guy. I get to sit around every day and indulge in make believe and get paid for it.

Your car, comfort though it be, this little den and dining room on wheels, is a prison that deadens your senses, and to feel wholly alive you must go for a walk.

Give guilt - the gift that lasts forever.

Where I'm from we don't trust paper. Wealth is what's here on the premises. If I open a cupboard and see, say, thirty cans of tomato sauce and a five-pound bag of rice, I get a little thrill of well-being - much more so than if I take a look at the quarterly dividend report from my mutual fund.