Real writers-that is, capital W Writers-rarely make much money. Their biggest reward is the occasional reader's response.... Commentators-in-print voicing big fat opinions-you might call us small w writers-get considerably more feedback than Writers. The letters I personally find most flattering are not the very rare ones that speak well of my editorials, but the occasional reader who wants to know who writes them. I always happily assume the letter-writers is implying that the editorials are so good that I couldn't have written them myself.

Meaningful truths are never newly discovered; they're just uncovered anew.

Trying to impress others does - usually in quite the opposite way.

People who never get carried away should be.

When the joy of the job's gone, when it's no fun trying anymore, quit before you're fired.

One of the ceaseless wonders of the world: The power of a smile.

By the time we've made it, we've had it.