...love was the closest thing to immortality that men would ever know and that the only--and best--answer to death is loving. Loving.

Make sure you test your brand story’s recipe with whomever you’re cooking it for.

Love is for the weak!

Dylan Thomas is now as much a case history as a chapter in the history of poetry.

I'm a freak in the fondest way possible.

I had this notion that I could convince people who were skeptical of national Democrats to vote for me because I could bring home the bacon, or because I could find some personal pitch to them.

Apparently, I've acted like a terrorist. But I'm not a terrorist.

Why would I want four or five more inches? I use my speed.

I refuse to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.

But there's nothing that gives me more thrill than when I'm writing and a couplet works. I find the right rhyme, or it's just perfect. There's nothing that exciting.

Christmas is sights, especially the sights of Christmas reflected in the eyes of a child.