On this ancient and miraculous world, where such beautiful natural and living things have evolved, something has gone wrong when life itself is used as a manufacturing process.

And the sexes eyeing each other uneasily, for nothing is easier for a teenager to imagine than rejection.

It is reckless to make broad generalizations about any group of people.

Growing up, I missed the whole 'Three Stooges' thing. Either they weren't on the station in my hometown, or we hadn't bought a TV set yet, or they came to town too late for me. I'm pretty sure that at the right age, I would have loved them.

All I know is, it is better to be the whale than the squid.

People read the papers not in the hopes of learning something new, but in the expectation of being told what they already know. This is a form of living death. Its apotheosis is the daily poll in USA Today, which informs us what percentage of a small number of unscientifically selected people called a toll number to vote on questions that cannot possibly be responded to with a yes or no.

We must try to contribute joy to the world... I didn't always know this and am happy I lived long enough to find it out.