When I am home alone I like to scatter my tackle across the floor and play with it. I may pretend I am working on it, performing preventative maintenance, but really it is playing.

All genius is simple. It involves close observation and a momentous act of self trust.

Frankly, no newspaper is set up to monitor for cheats and fabricators.

I stepped on a land mine named Jayson Blair.

I have learned that I am also a person who has to be able to go fishing whenever I can and for as long as I want to go. It is a silly thing, but there it is.

Something is clearly wrong with Kansas and the rest of Middle America when it comes to letting economic self-interest guide their voting.

Anything is possible in the life of a man if he lives long enough. Even maturity.

It's a lovely tribute and fun to read.

If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing

...lies is lies. Howsever they come, they didn't ought to come, and they come from the father of lies, work round to the same.

I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned that this is not a dress rehearsal, and that today is the only guarantee you get.

Thousands of Americans have been killed by illegal immigrants.

Dan: 'Ah, well, I hope this didn't have anything to do with me.' Ellen: 'No, not unless you played Cat Woman in Batman.

And in my classes, I will talk most of the time, and you will listen most of the time. Because you may be smart, but I've been smart longer.

What I essentially did was to put one foot in front of the other, shut my eyes and step off the ledge. The surprise was that I landed on my feet.

I had one good racket, a Wilson Javelin. It was my favorite racket, and I made the mistake of putting it next to the heater. It just got so hot that it melted.

I work best in rhyme and meter. I was most confident of myself in that way.

Milton, thou should'st be living at this hour.