Think about scary movies: There's a fine line between horror and humor.

Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.

According to scholars of linguistics, the relation between a word and its meaning is arbitrary.

The legendary yet factual Curtis Wilkie has been the right man in the right place at an uncanny number of extraordinary times.

People don't necessarily want or need to be done unto as you would have them do unto you. They want to be done unto as they want to be done unto.

I've never thought it was necessary to make fun of people - you can find fun in people without necessarily mocking them.

Studying literature at Harvard is like learning about women at the Mayo Clinic.