The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have.

He gave her a look that you could have poured on a waffle.

He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered.

They gave each other a smile with a future in it.

How can you write if you can't cry?

Shut up,' he explained.

How do you look when I'm sober?

Frenchmen drink wine just like we used to drink water before Prohibition.

The family you come from isn't as important as the family you're going to have

Try to make the time frame the minimum the story will permit.

A good many young writers make the mistake of enclosing a stamped, self-addressed envelope, big enough for the manuscript to come back in. This is too much of a temptation to the editor.

Comedians are people who embarrass themselves in style.

No more heartbrakes, Your dead.

A businessman is a hybrid of a dancer and a calculator.

The 'teenager' seems to have replaced the Communist as the appropriate target for public controversy and foreboding.

I like 1.e4 very much, but my results are better with 1.d4.

Copying is about reverse-engineering.

Sala-manda-stron, look out here we come, A thief a warrior and a mole. Though the quest may take its toll, We'll march until we reach our goal.

When I'm given an opportunity with music and goodness, then I want to do that [play that role]. I want to go all the way to the edge of that and make it as big as I can.

To be a great player, you have to affect the entire unit.

Prosperity asks for fidelity; adversity exacts it.