Dreck is dreck and no amount of fancy polish is going to make it anything else.

I think laughter may be a form of courage. As humans we sometimes stand tall and look into the sun and laugh, and I think we are never more brave than when we do that.

if you don't want to get old, don't mellow.

[My father] was generous with his affection, given to great, awkward, engulfing hugs, and I can remember so clearly the smell of his hugs, all starched shirt, tobacco, Old Spice, and Cutty Sark. Sometimes I think I've never been properly hugged since.

I want to know why, if men rule the world, they don't stop wearing neckties.

If men can run the world, why can't they stop wearing neckties? How intelligent is it to start the day by tying a little noose around your neck?

I am not for abortion; nobody is for abortion. I am for your right to make your own hard choices in this world.