It's my belief that sanity lies in realizing that reality is not exactly what we had in mind.

Lots of people have expressed consternation that I haven't gotten rid of Southern accent, but I just never saw any reason to lose the flavor that I grew up with. I enjoy saying some things with a Southern accent.

I do some eccentric dancing.

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

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

Contemporary American children, if they are old enough to grasp the concept of Santa Claus by Thanksgiving, are able to see through it by December 15th.

Perhaps the truth is that heavy literature blooms in extremes of temperature.