gifts — that strange word, a signifier meaning disappointment you can hold in your hands.

Odd that a festival to celebrate the most austere of births should end up being all about conspicuous consumption.

I keep forgetting that if you live in a big city only mad people talk to themselves.

You may have tangible wealth untold

A fine writer must appreciate and accept the power of language manifestly.

To present is to take a stand and being responsible.

The Republicans have their splits right after election and Democrats have theirs just before an election.

To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive.

One of my favorite things about watching the reruns is looking at my clothes. I don't really remember most of them, so it's like looking at old family photos.

I don't put categories on music, myself. So either people go with it or they don't, and sometimes the names sound a little silly.

A tree weeps when cut down, a dog howls when beaten, but a man matures when offended.

I think [Pat] Buchanan is far too easily and glibly dismissed.