I asked my dad, “If we were going to have two dads, should we call you Dad Number One and Dad Number Two?

Ultimately, the one thing that makes a family is love.

For those of us who are told our families are wrong, we can question more strongly what we believe is right.

LIFE IS LIKE ELECTRICITY, ANYONE CAN SHOCK YOU

Wild animals bite the hand that feeds them. Clever people consume the entire body.

I see no clear reason why the doctrine of self-interest properly understood should turn men away from religious beliefs.

Why lie? I'm not going to be a hypocrite and say the opposite of what I think, like some others do.

There is a great amity between designing and art.

You know he's [George W. Bush] there illegally. You know he was not elected either by the popular vote or by the vote in Florida.

You need to change yourself. The moment that you change yourself it is a gigantic step. And this is what I do. The book is much more important than the writer.

I wouldnt mind being a fly on the wall in a few Victorian parlours.

When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it's not, and I need to do it again. (Confessions of a Shopaholic-the movie)

[George Saunders] is very precise about what he is doing. There isn't a thing left to chance.