I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

If you don't burn the candle at both ends, what's the candle got two ends for?

I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.

Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact.

If there is no way out, the best course of action is to find a way further in.

Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously.