The underground is not a place but a way of life. You can be underground most anywhere, from the Upper West Side of Manhattan to Hermosa Beach, California.

Im accustomed to Internet forums where rudeness and incivility are the rule, where too many people seem to take pride in their insults.

American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot.

From time to time, just about every Vanity Fair writer has a chance to sell rights to an article or a book to Hollywood.

You can convert your innate worth into gross net worth on the earth.

Life is too serious and precious for it to be left to chance. You have to make it your project to discover your purpose in life. You have to be intentional about it.

One learns by doing, not by learning to do.

The idea of America is so wonderful because the more equal something is, the more American it is

Life is miraculous, even when it's disastrous, it's still incredible, I'm fascinated with everything, life is fascinating, I'm fascinated by trees and dogs, but no one wants to hear me talk about it.

They had me all happy, singing. It was very awkward. I think the writers are frantically planning something appropriate to honor him, but we don't know what.

If you were a gentleman, you would offer to buy me one as well." "If you were a lady, you would have waited for me to make the offer.

Mistakes are growth, and we learn not to do it again. But it doesn't make you a terrible person. That's important to me.

To preserve our cheerfulness amid sicknesses and troubles, is a sign of a right and good spirit.

[...] the awesome splendor of the universe is much easier to deal with if you think of it as a series of small chunks.