The only thing in the world worth a damn is the strange, touching, pathetic, awesome nobility of the individual human spirit.

When you see the ugliness behind the tears of another person, it makes you take a closer look at your own.

If you would be thrilled by watching the galloping advance of a major glacier, you'd be ecstatic watching changes in publishing.

My purpose is to entertain myself first and other people secondly.

It's no good telling somebody they're trying too hard. It's very much like ordering a child to go stand in a corner for a half hour and never once think about elephants.

If the cards are stacked against you, reshuffle the deck.

A man with a credit card is in hock to his own image of himself.