Satire is focused bitterness.

O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose needs are simple, whose daily life is still best described by fairy tales.

I never cease being dumbfounded by the unbelievable things people believe.

The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good; the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.

Some things are so unexpected that no one is prepared for them.

Happiness comes only when we push our brains and hearts to the farthest reaches of which we are capable.

A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood.