Paula Poundstone

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.

My Mom said she learned how to swim when someone took her out in the lake and threw her off the boat. I said, 'Mom, they weren't trying to teach you how to swim.'

I used to watch 'The Waltons' and sob because my family was nothing like that. We had a cruel sense of humor in my family.

America stands for the land of opportunity.

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.

I have a naturally camp sensibility and a camp sense of humour. I love the icons that gay people love.