I try to say one thing with my work: A book is a wonderful place to be. A book is a package, a gift package, a surprise package-and within the wrappings is a whole new world and beyond.

The sun sets in the west (just about everyone knows that), but Sunset Towers faced east. Strange!

Smiling without good reason is demeaning.

Your trouble comes from years of wearing the wrong kind of shoes. - Jake Wexler

I remember the will said, 'May God thy gold refine.' That must be from the Bible." "Shakespeare," Turtle said. All quotations were either from the Bible or Shakespeare.

The poor are crazy, the rich just eccentric. - James Shin Hoo

Grace said,"Dr. Wexler was called away on an emergency operation." "An emergency Packers game in Green Bay," Turtle confided to Flora Baumbach.

I remember the will said, 'May God thy gold refine.' That must be from the Bible.""Shakespeare, " Turtle said. All quotations were either from the Bible or Shakespeare.

Grace sat down where the chair wasn't.

Life, too, is senseless unless you know who you are, what you want, and which way the wind blows.

The basis of English law is as simple as this: If you would know the future’s shape, look to the past.

When you were too young and naïve to see the risks, I incurred your wrath to protect you. Scream at me for it if you must. Thank me for it when you finally grow up.

Marriage is overdone. As long as there are people, people are going to find it interesting.

Performing is my therapy, to become different people onstage.

I'm tired. I'm going back to bed.

We were asked to believe that the variety and the novelty of even the crude films of the early days would provide a means of entertainment which would cut out the stage.

The new leader is a facilitator, not an order giver.

I like to think of myself as a New Yorker, which is pathetic.

When we listen, we offer with our attention an opportunity for wholeness.

While we reduce our own carbon footprint we will encourage the companies who truck our DVDs and newspapers, sell us paper, and provide an enormous range of products and services to all contribute.