Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.

There is no medical proof that television causes brain damage - at least from over five feet away. In fact, TV is probably the least physically harmful of all the narcotics known to man.

The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.

Even when you disagree with her, she electrifies your mind.

One is happy to report that Israel Shenker is still at the aerosol stage. His energy is still compressed. The result distinguishes him both as a Jew and as an observer of Jews.

There's an enormous difference between being a critic and a reviewer. The reviewer reacts to the experience of that book.

Even if language is a living evolving organism, we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If language is so alive, it can get sick.

A brilliant and challenging discussion presented with extraordinary clarity.

To be crazy is not necessarily to writhe in snake pits or converse with imaginary gods. It can sometimes be not knowing what to do in the morning.

Mr. Frazier makes me laugh out loud.

Even if language is a living evolving organism we don't have to embrace all the changes that occur during our lifetimes. If language is so alive it can get sick.

What is lovely never dies, but passes into other loveliness, Star-dust, or sea-foam, flower or winged air.

Let the fairy tale begin on a winter's morning, then, with one drop of blood newly-fallen on the ivory snow: a drop as bright as a clear-cut ruby, red as a single spot of claret on the lace cuff.

Whatever you goin' through, could always be much worse, Don't make a mistake, mistakin' your blessings for a curse.

Love mixed with fear is sweetness.

But the most important thing is, Enron did not cause the California crisis.

To know another's heart, you must first know your own.

Always believe in yourself. No matter who's around you being negative or thrusting negative energy at you, totally block it off. Because whatever you believe, you become.

My table seats eight, so that's my maximum. Having a small number of guests is the only way to generate good conversation. Besides, your whole house doesn't get wrecked that way.

If you're not living life on the edge, you're taking up too much space. The best way to predict the future is to create it.

Every painting I do is related to the last one: it may be a continuation of a previous painting or it may be a reaction against it.