It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.

What is beauty, anyway? It's more than something pleasant looking. If it doesn't stop us in our tracks and make us unable to move for a moment, unable to put into words what's closing off the breath in our throats, then maybe it's pretty, but it probably isn't beauty.

It isn't necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It's only necessary to be rich.

I've been lucky enough to live through all the things that are supposed to give meaning to our lives, like parenting, grandparenting, art, celebrity. All these things you expect meaning to come from, and sometimes it comes when you're not expecting it.

When I was about ten years old, I gave my teacher an April Fool's sandwich, which had a dead goldfish in it.

Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.

If I can't get the girl, at least give me more money.

It's a funny feeling to work with people who you consider your colleagues and to realize that they actually are young enough to be your children.

I'm an angry person, angrier than most people would imagine, I get flashes of anger. What works for me is working out when it's useful to use that anger.

I fix my grandchildren's computers.

Here's my Golden Rule for a tarnished age: Be fair with others, but keep after them until they're fair with you.