We'd all be alot happier if we'd stop assuming we're supposed to be happy.

I don't associate work with feelings of satisfaction. Rather, guilt, frustration, and resentment of people who write better than I do.

Selective ignorance, a cornerstone of child rearing. You don't put kids under surveillance: it might frighten you. Parents should sit tall in the saddle and look upon their troops with a noble and benevolent and extremely nearsighted gaze.

I want to resume the life of a shy person.

We'd all be alot happier if we'd stop assuming we're supposed to be happy.

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

Second violins can play a concerto perfectly if they're in their own home and nobody's there.