We all have different desires and needs, but if we don't discover what we want from ourselves and what we stand for, we will live passively and unfulfilled.
The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!
Who was the guy who first looked at a cow and said 'I think I’ll drink whatever comes out of these when I squeeze ’em?
Look! A trickle of water running through some dirt! I'd say our afternoon just got booked solid!
You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood. What mood is that? Last-minute panic.
I don't believe in the concept of hell, but if I did I would think of it as filled with people who were cruel to animals.
The systematic dismantling of reproductive rights, much like the takedown of collective bargaining, has been taking place in full view.
I'm still passionately interested in what my fellow humans are up to. For me, a day spent monitoring the passing parade is a day well-spent.
Coming up with ideas is really hard - they don't spontaneously pop into my head while I'm cutting vegetables.
When you're young, you don't feel iconoclastic - you're just kind of doing what seems natural, what moves you.
I can only try to keep the characters interesting; it's up to the readers to decide whether they're still relevant.
I never feel burdened or overwhelmed by my work. People tell you to find something you love for a career, and I have. That makes me feel very lucky.
[last lines] Cathy Brenner: Can I bring the lovebirds, Mitch? they haven't harmed anyone. Mitch Brenner: Oh, alright; bring them.
I am a big believer in visualization. I run through my races mentally so that I feel even more prepared.
People always say I'm a legend, but I'm not. Not until I've defended my Olympic titles. That's when I've decided I'll be a legend.
I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation.
My doctor told me I would never walk again. My mother told me I would. I believed my mother.
Having stretched the boundaries some, I'm perfectly content now to work within them. 'Doonesbury' doesn't need to become 'South Park.' You won't ever see any singing turds.
I've gotten a lot of livid letters about the awfulness of my work. I've never known what to make of it. Why do people bother to write if they hate what I do?
In the fall of 1968, I became attractive to women. One day I was an ignored schlub in the street, then suddenly all these good-looking women were interested in me.
If you do the job badly enough, sometimes you don't get asked to do it again.
