“Your letter filled the hole in my day like a key.Turn it.”

“It crossed my mind that my letters are all about me and not you. I would hope that you pay me the same respect.”

“At the heel end of the day, I need my glass of wine. Christmas lights for the brain.”

“I have been mostly dull lately. Like a butter knife. And hoping to find, when called upon, something more in my arsenal than a butter knife. Unless my opponent is actually butter. Then that would be fine. Room temperature butter.”

“Robin used to hate to see me eat. I chewed too long for her taste. One day I figured it out. She had put two and two together. All that chewing! It was the food that was keeping me alive!”

“When they make the movie of your lifethey're going to have to ask youto do your own stuntsbecause nobody, nobody, nobody, nobodycould pull off the same shit as youand still come out alright”

“And I hope each morning you wake like a bird in a nest and fly without a thought.”