I learned how to make jokes because I wanted to give people as much fun as they did, and I guess I did, too.

No good at life, but very funny sometimes with the commentary.

Farewell, hello, farewell, hello.

Mere opinions, in fact, were as likely to govern people's actions as hard evidence, and were subject to sudden reversals as hard evidence could never be.

We were German-Americans in a British colony, so we were outsiders.

I am beguiled by your physical beauty, and I am moved by how head-over-heels in love with books you are. And nowhere else have I found such thoughtful and literate reportage on the state of the American soul, as that soul makes itself known in the books we write.

The economy is a thoughtless weather system.