The most rewarding part about being a dad is just looking at children who didn't exist at some point. The first time you saw them, they were the size of a quarter, in a sonogram, and now they can pour orange juice and yell at each other.

You know what? The obvious is obvious for a reason.

Happiness is the quiet lull between problems.

As you get older you realize your parents don't look so dumb - and that you're not as smart as you thought you were.

I'd distract myself until finally it was a combination of things. The show was over and I had time on my hands. I had taken time and played and just relaxed.

Parents often give middle names just so that later, when they're yelling at the kid, they can drag it out. Henry David Thoreau, you come in here this instant!

Upstate New York in the middle of October. You can't get more beautiful than that.