Teaching is, after all, a form of show business.

He gave her his phone number, in a peculiar reversal of dating procedure. She might have considered kissing him, even after the horrible first date, but he just didn’t seem to know what to do. However, Jeremy does have one outstanding quality. He likes her. And this quality in a person makes them infinitely interesting to the person who is being liked.

A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.

I was not naturally talented. I didn't sing, dance or act, though working around that minor detail made me inventive.

Deeply funny musings and adventures elevate Paul Rudnick to the highest level of American comedy writing.

Stand-up life is really hard. At one point, I got so paralyzed I could write five screenplays before I could write three jokes for stand-up. Later, I've finally allowed myself to relax quite a bit, to think I can do it because I've done it in the past. The pressure to come up with the material is the same but the anxiety about whether I can do it is gone.

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