The librarian spoke in a reverential whisper. Corliss knew she'd misjudged this passionate woman. Maybe she dressed poorly, but she was probably great in bed, certainly believed in God and goodness, and kept an illicit collection of overdue library books on her shelves.

You know, people speak in poetry all the time. They just don't realize it.

Humor was an antiseptic that cleaned the deepest of personal wounds.

I think the world is a series of broken dams and floods, and my cartoons are tiny little lifeboats.

Nervous means you want to play. Scared means you don't want to play.

Yep, my daddy was an undependable drunk. But he'd never missed any of my organized games, concerts, plays, or picnics. He may not have loved me perfectly, but he loved me as well as he could. (189)

All art is exploitation.