Bob Newhart

Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, 'Why is that person staring at me?'

I don't like country music, but I don't mean to denigrate those who do. And for the people who like country music, denigrate means 'put down'.

Laughter gives us distance. It allows us to step back from an event, deal with it and then move on.

I was a bit challenged when I was younger to stay on the right path.

Terrorists are not 100 feet tall. Nor do they deserve the abject fear they seek to instill.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.