A lovely thing about Christmas is that it's compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.

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.

They say such nice things about people at their funerals that it makes me sad that I'm going to miss mine by just a few days.

God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny.

I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.

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

I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it.