I Live A Sensible Life.

I Guess The Best Advice I Ever Got Or Anyone Could Get For Doing A Talk Show, Though It Has Not Been Easy Very Often, Was From Jack Paar, Who Said, 'kid, Don't Make It An Interview. Interviews Have Clipboards, And You're Like David Frost. Make It A Conversation.'

History Is Not Reassuring On The Subject Of The Longevity Of Seemingly Lasting Great Nations, Is It?

Every Writer Knows That Unless You Were Born Gifted With Either Supreme Confidence Or Outsize Ego, Handing In Your Work Holds, In Some Cases, Admitted Terror. If That's Too Strong, At Least Fairly High Anxiety.

If Your Parents Never Had Children, Chances Are... Neither Will You.

In Relative Youth, We Assume We'll Remember Everything. Someone Should Urge The Young To Think Otherwise.