I think faith in each other is much harder than faith in God...

No adolescent ever wants to be understood, which is why they complain about being misunderstood all the time.

Generally, we admire the thing we are not.

The stranger might laugh and seem to enjoy the writing, but you hug to yourself the thought that they didn't quite understand its force and quality the way you do - just as your friends (thank heavens) don't also fall in love with the person you are going on and on about to them.

Philosophy is an odd thing. When we use the word in everyday speech, you know, you sometimes hear it hilariously.

My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.

I have written it before and am not ashamed to write it again. Without Wodehouse I am not sure that I would be a tenth of what I am today -- whatever that may be. In my teenage years, his writings awoke me to the possibilities of language. His rhythms, tropes, tricks and mannerisms are deep within me. But more than that, he taught me something about good nature. It is enough to be benign, to be gentle, to be funny, to be kind.