I prefer my oysters fried; that way I know my oysters died.

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.

Mozart combined high formality and playfulness that delights as no other composition in any other medium does.

People may think of Southern humor in terms of missing teeth and outhouse accidents, but the best of it is a rich vein running through the best of Southern literature.

Obama's the most thoughtful-sounding president I can remember. He seems to be saying what he wants to say, and that is a great relief. He always sounds like he's thinking about what he's saying while he's saying it, and that's a rare thing in politicians.

If a cat spoke, it would say things like, 'Hey, I don't see the problem here.'

Anyone who undertakes the literary grind had better like playing around with words.