I asked my publisher what would happen if he sold all the copies of my book he'd printed. He said "I'll just print another ten.

I had lunch with a chess champion the other day. I knew he was a chess champion because it took him 20 minutes to pass the salt.

I'm proud of being a vaudevillian, the last of my line. A lot of people think my entertainment is candy-floss. Well, entertainment is too aggressive these days, all 'in your face.'

I asked my publisher what would happen if he sold all the copies of my book he'd printed. He said 'I'll just print another ten'.

Being deaf and partially blind means I don't really watch TV. I wouldn't know what to do with a remote control.

Fools follow foolishly their imaginary lookalikes as god. Such silly follies exist not. Seek 'What Is'. And is not.

He missed two people: a) the girl she was

You can count on time for two things. One is that it will pass. The other is that it will never shut up.

You can have the coolest job in the world, but it only seems cool until you get sick of it.

What happens online is you are constantly dealing with invisible audiences.

. . . is it to be understood that the principles of the Declaration of Independence bear no relation to half of the human race?

To be wild is not to be crazy or psychotic. True wildness is a love of nature, a delight in silence, a voice free to say spontaneous things, and an exuberant curiosity in the face of the unknown.

I love Toronto, I have spent a lot of time up there working. There's a lot of stuff going on there.

Self-love . . . is the sole antagonist of virtue, leading us constantly by our propensities to self-gratification in violation of our moral duties to others.

It’s only the sea,’ said Moomintroll. ‘Every wave that dies on the beach sings a little song to a shell. But you mustn’t go inside because it’s a labyrinth and you may never come out again.