You're nothing in America if you don't have debt.

I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.

Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

It really doesn't take brains to be a politician as much as it takes stomach. Both would be nice, but in America we have accepted diminishing returns in this arena.

Book tours are like boot camp but with little sleep and less food.

Sorrow is how we learn to love. Your heart isn't breaking. It hurts because it's getting larger. The larger it gets, the more love it holds.

I think of birth as the search for a larger apartment.