You have to get comfortable [with your work], you really have to know what you're doing, and it has to be almost boring to you to be able to do it well.

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

These days it's hard to look at a poodle without thinking what a good meal he would make.

When I die, now don't think that I'm a nut, don't want no fancy funeral, just one like old King Tut.

If you saw her in these moments, you might think she was collecting her thoughts in order to go forward. But I see it another way: Her mind is being overwhelmed by two processes that must simultaneously proceed at full steam. One is to deal with and live in the present world. The other is to re-experience and mourn something that happened long ago. It is as though her lightness pulls her toward heaven, but the extra gravity around her keeps her earthbound.

I have found that-- just as in real life--imagination sometimes has to stand in for experience.

Thankfully, persistence is a great substitute for talent.