Unannounced changes in life's itinerary are like dancing lessons from God.

Just because we think we're so wonderful doesn't mean we really are. We could be really terrible animals and just never admit it because it would hurt so much.

I thought scientists were going to find out exactly how everything worked, and then make it work better.

I saw the destruction of Dresden. I saw the city before and then came out of an air-raid shelter and saw it afterward, and certainly one response was laughter. God knows, that's the soul seeking some relief.

Do you realize that all great literature is all about what a bummer it is to be a human being? Isn't it such a relief to have somebody say that?

In the water I am beautiful.

The biggest laughs are based on the biggest disappointments and the biggest fears.