The way the function dictates the form... elegant lines... nothing extraneous... this shoe perfectly expresses the essence of shoeness.

Life is stressful,dear. That's why they say "rest in peace.

But why must choices always lie along a linear spectrum with two poles instead of say among a sphere of possibilities

Yes here's to the founding fathers - slave-owners, British citizens who didn't want to pay taxes.

When I was a young artist, I liked and was interested in belonging to the mainstream comics group. I didnt introduce myself as an author, but only as a designer.

I remember that Charles Schulz, at the end of his life, had eyes full of tears for Charlie Brown. I thought about the reason for all his emotion: he had lived for 50 years with them.

How can we call death-about which we know nothing- the opposite of life, when we barely comprehend life itself?

Yes here's to the founding fathers—slave-owners, British citizens who didn't want to pay taxes...

Life is stressful, dear. That's why they say "rest in peace.

It is the very people who no one imagines anything of, who do the things that no one can imagine

I rarely drink from the bottle, but I'll smoke a little weed.

Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority.

When you are writing a character, what the character says is obviously crucial. But what the character doesn't say is absolutely as important as his words.

If I am playing any music at all it is jazz music.

True leaders must be willing to suffer for the sake of objectives great enough to demand their wholehearted obedience.

I need an office, so I can have a place where I don't write.

When trouble comes no mother should have to plead guilty alone. The pediatricians, psychologists, therapists, goat herders, fathers, and peer groups should all be called to the bench as well. . . .

Nothing makes a man so adventurous as an empty pocket.

A person who takes a walk of 100 feet and a person who walks 2,000 miles have one major thing in common. They both need to take a first step before they take a second step.