How is it possible to miss a woman whom you kept at a distance, so that when she was gone you would not miss her?

The self-prepared dinner is a great time killer for lonely people and as much time should be spent on it as possible.

The real joy is in constructing a sentence. But I see myself as an actor first because writing is what you do when you are ready and acting is what you do when someone else is ready.

Being on Twitter is like having a fern.

The banjo is such a happy instrument--you can't play a sad song on the banjo - it always comes out so cheerful.

... you're nuts but you're welcome here.

If I screw up raising my kids, nothing I achieve will matter much.