Hot dogs always seem better out than at home; so do French-fried potatoes; so do your children.

Puritans will never believe it, but life is full of disagreeable things that aren't even good for you.

Everybody can write; writers can't do anything else.

The excesses of love soon pass, but its insufficiencies torment us forever.

No matter how many Christmas presents you give your child, there's always that terrible moment when he's opened the very last one. That's when he expects you to say, 'Oh yes, I almost forgot,' and take him out and show him the pony.

Each day, the American housewife turns toward television as toward a lover. She feels guilty about it, and well she might, for he's covered with warts and is only after her money.

To talk easily with people, you must firmly believe that either you or they are interesting. And even then it's not easy.