Being Jewish is a big part of my artistic sensibility and my humor... I think it gives me a certain take on the world on a literary level.

We had a kid. The kid was awesome. She didn't fall asleep easily. We complained about it. We got frustrated. But we didn't look for an out. We just accepted that this was part of parenting.

It's hilarious to me that by writing an obscene fake children's book I am mistaken for a parenting expert.

The genius of vinyl is that it allows - commands! - us to put our fingerprints all over that history: to blend and chop and reconfigure it, mock and muse upon it, backspin and skip through it.

Directing the mind to stay in the present can be a formidable task.

Though the wind was commanding the sand into even ridges, it couldn't control the sea.

She was a handsome woman of forty-five and would remain so for many years.

We oppose the reactionary policies of the U.S. government but we do not oppose the American people. We want to have many good friends in the United States.

Honesty and loyalty are key. If two people can be honest with each other about everything, that's probably the biggest key to success.

The Bernie Mac Show' is my life. It's the truth, and I'm not ashamed of a minute, an hour, or a second of my life.

War: First day in the U.S. Army, the government placed a Bible in my left hand, a bayonet in the other.

It is a proof of philosophical mediocrity, today, to look for a philosophy.

My chief 'success philosophy' is, 'Give people every opportunity to say "Yes" to you'.

There's a lot of things people think they can't do and then discover they can when they find themselves tight-wired.