Occupation: Writer Birth: January 14, 1919 Death: November 4, 2011
If, on the other hand, happiness depends on a good breakfast, flowers in the yard, a drink or a nap, then we are more likely to live with quite a bit….
Christians talk as though goodness was their idea but good behavior doesn't have any religious origin. Our prisons are filled with the devout..
If you get murdered because you go on a date with someone you met on the Internet, you probably deserved it..
I think Dan [Rather] is transparently liberal. Now he may not like to hear me say that. I always agree with him, too. But I think he should be mor….
Don't rule out working with your hands. It does not preclude using your head..
We're all torn between the desire for privacy and the fear of lonliness. We need each other and we need to get away from each other. We need proxim….
It's paradoxical, that the idea of living a long life appeals to everyone, but the idea of getting old doesn't appeal to anyone..
Creativity is a by-product of hard work. If I never have another really new idea, it won't matter..
Anyone should be very suspicious of a sentence he's written that can't be read aloud easily..
Why am I an atheist? I ask you: Why is anybody not an atheist? Everyone starts out being an atheist. No one is born with belief in anything. Infants ….
We're all proud of making little mistakes. It gives us the feeling we don't make any big ones..
I am an atheist... I don't understand religion at all. I'm sure I'll offend a lot of people by saying this, but I think it's all nonsense..
Anyone who watches golf on television would enjoy watching the grass grow on the greens..
My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to have an idea. That's the way to get an ide….
Have you noticed that they put advertisements in with your bills now? Like bills aren't distasteful enough, they have to stuff junk mail in there wit….
The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat it. We should ma….
I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some governmental stooge with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts ….
I've learned.... That when you plan to get even with someone, you are only letting that person continue to hurt you... More.
Believing is such a comfort that it's hard to give up a belief just because it isn't true..
The last birthday that's any good is 23..
I've learned .... That when you harbor bitterness, happiness will dock elsewhere..