People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a read more

People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either.

I don't deserve this award, but I have arthritis, and I don't deserve that, either.

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.

Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference!.

I don't know, I don't care, and it doesn't make any difference!.

I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of read more

I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of course. If two countries fight that do not supply the Americans with some precious commodity, then the education of the public does not take place. But when the dictator falls, when the oil is threatened, then you turn on the television and they tell you where the country is, what the language is, how to pronounce the names of the leaders, what the religion is all about, and maybe you can cut out recipes in the newspaper of Persian dishes.

Stop worrying -- nobody gets out of this world alive.

Stop worrying -- nobody gets out of this world alive.

My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to read more

My worst fear is that I'll end up living in some run-down duplex on Wilshire wearing pants hiked up to my nipples and muttering under my breath.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.