I always wanted to win the Super Bowl so I could take it and hold it and see what lies beyond it. I think it may be the sun.

A good heavy book holds you down. It's an anchor that keeps you from getting up and having another gin and tonic.

Certainly people have said a lot of deeply unfortunate and stupid things in Southern accents, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the accent itself.

It was easy to make fun of Bush, but it was sort of like shooting fish in a barrel and it didn't really feel all that good because it was so easy to do. I would much rather live under a thoughtful president. Even if it makes it harder to be funny about politics, it makes it more interesting to be funny about politics.

Usage ain't always a matter of ought.

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

An author is a person who can never take innocent pleasure in visiting a bookstore again.