God damn it, you've got to be kind.

If I am going to spend eternity visiting this moment and that, I'm grateful that so many of those moments are nice.

Extenuating circumstance to be mentioned on Judgment Day: We never asked to be born in the first place.

Time is liquid. One moment is no more important than any other and all moments quickly run away.

Science never cheered up anyone. The truth about the human situation is just too awful.

I am eternally grateful for my knack of finding in great books, some of them very funny books, reason enough to feel honored to be alive, no matter what else might be going on.

You can't just eat good food. You've got to talk about it too. And you've got to talk about it to somebody who understands that kind of food.