It's all right to have secrets, ... as long as you don't have any secrets from yourself.

If it doesn't sweat, jiggle, or pant, it's not alive.

Why is life so complicated....?' I asked. 'To keep us from being bored,' he said.

It's what they say to do when you're depressed, you know. Walk in someone else's shoes for a while, and your own won't feel so tight.

Saying hello to something new means saying good-bye to something old and loved.

The first draft is just a skeleton-just bare bones. It's like the very first rehearsal of a play, where the director moves the actors around mechanically to get a feel of the action.

People can't help the way they feel, only what they do about it. They can no longer not be attracted to someone other than their spouse than they can say they are not hungry or not thirsty or not frightened or embarrassed. It's when you act on that attraction when you know it would be bad for your marriage that is the problem. In a good marriage, the couple are each as committed to the marriage as they are to each other.