We Californians can watch the Weather Channel for images of winter's brutality unleashed upon our fellow Americans and thank our lucky stars we don't have to contend with it.

If it were a choice between me getting killed or one of my friend's kids, I would happily take the shot.

I'm not a young man, and I can find intensity in a lot of different ways, sometimes without even raising my voice. When I was younger, it was all about how I need three extra sets of lungs to get enough wind to get out the thing at the screaming level I need to, because that's the way it needs to be. Now, I see that there's a whole lot of other colors on the palette.

People are best on records and books because you can turn them off or put them back on the shelf.

Being unique is never easy, and often, by the time culture catches up with you, there are only a few people who notice.

No child asks to get born, so when they are here, they should be shielded from any possible horror.

I simply cannot understand how any parent could kill themselves.