All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion.

The writer's job is not to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here I am,” but to write a novel, hold it up and say, “Here YOU are.

One thing Mom taught me, "You're going to be dead a long time, so do it now!"

Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.

I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.

Whoever heard of a neurotic frog? Where do humans get off thinking they're the pinnacle of evolution?

The only merciful thing about drug abuse is the speed with which it devastates you. Alcoholics can take decades to destroy themselves and everyone they touch. The drug addict can accomplish this in a year or two. Of course, suicide is even more efficient.