. . . she tried to weave the strength of her father and the young beauty of her first love with David, the happy oblivion of her teens and her warm protected childhood into a magic cloak.

She refused to be bored chiefly because she wasn't boring.

If there really is a definable 6th sense, it would be the natural connection and the ability of communication between man and animal

Let us eat and drink: for tomorrow we diet.

I find being funny very hard work. I am always asked about it, and I feel guilty saying that, but it's the truth. I love my work, but it ain't easy.

The clearer you are about the consequences of your actions and the more intensely you desire to enjoy the consequences that your behaviors may lead to, the more motivated you will be.

We need to strengthen Asian diplomacy.

The inscrutability [of economics] is perhaps not unintentional. It gives endless employment to dialecticians who otherwise might become public charges or, at very worst, swindlers and tricksters.

Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people

My mom is American, so I was raised in her household in my formative years.

I'll never be able to fill my father's or grandfather's shoes, but hopefully I can stand on their shoulders and reach farther.