sex has never been private and it never will be. We perform the act in private but we must be public about the connection. Sex is how we pass down worldly goods. It's how we create the primary unit of our society, the couple. ... This rule applies to gay people as well as straight people. ... The community absolutely must know who is straight, who is gay, who is married, and who is single. Without that information we make painful mistakes and lose time.

Gambling operates under the premise that greed can be satisfied by luck.

We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?

I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.

Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.

If it weren't for the last minute, nothing would get done.

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.