Zero wasnt worried, " When you spend your whole life living in a shole", he said, "the only way you can go is up.

Whenever you give someone a present or sing a holiday song, you're helping Santa Claus. To me, that's what Christmas is all about. Helping Santa Claus!

When anything bad happens to me or someone I know, I always know who to blame. My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.

You make the decision: Whom did God punish?

My parents played bridge, and I remember being fascinated watching them. I sometimes got a chance to sit in on a hand, which I loved. But then I didn't actually play on my own for about 30 years.

You can't let anybody else tell you what your choices are. Sometimes they won't give you the right choice.

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.