A short story is something that you can hold in your mind. You can really analyze how the entire thing works, like a machine

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

The strongest people find the courage and caring to help others, even if they are going through their own storm.

All things come to him who waits- provided he knows what he is waiting for.

It must be quite difficult if you have a father who's sort of known. On the other hand, you can get a job in his band.

Paul Rudnick is a champion of truth (and love and great wicked humor) whom we ignore at our peril.

I passed by the brothel as though past the house of a beloved.

Revolutionaries are rarely motivated primarily by material considerations-though the illusion that they are persists in the West.

Republicans now have their own network in Fox, so guys who don't like to answer questions, like Trent Lott, have a place to go to hit softballs.

We win or the alumni bash in our teeth. (On the dental plan at NC State)

Joke I read somewhere: They say that God is the innermost dweller of all. Well I hope He likes enchiladas - cause that's what He's getting! Love delights and glorifies in giving, not receiving.

Proper respect to others is the most prudent rule of directing the measure of reverence due to ourselves.