"He was distracted by a giggle, and..." - Quote by Dave Barry

“With a novel, you have to have a story. It's much more important to have it matter to the reader what happens to people, and it has to make sense and end in a way that is satisfying. So I spend a lot more time thinking about that. Then the writing itself usually is easier for me, because I know where it's going.”

“The problem with winter sports is that - follow me closely here - they generally take place in winter.”

“As Americans we must always remember that we all have a common enemy, an enemy that is dangerous, powerful, and relentless. I refer, of course, to the federal government.”

“There are two distinctive classes of people today, those who have personal computers, and those who have several thousand extra dollars apiece.”

“When the history of guilt is written, parents who refuse their children money will be right up there in the Top Ten.”

“I had some eyeglasses. I was walking down the street when suddenly the prescription ran out.”

“Beautiful coquettes are quacks of love.”

“The proper office of a friend is to side with you when you are in the wrong. Nearly anybody will side with you when you are in the right.”

“The more you lose the right to be jealous, the more so you become!”