“They get me, and I get them. They have empathy. Most people don't, they really don't.”

“When I write I pretend I'm telling a story to someone in the room and I don't want them to get up until I'm finished.”

“Marty, my mother used to say "Never get greedy with God." I think what she meant was "Don't dare ask for more if you already have what you need." ”

“Now, don't get all weepy on me dear reader.No chin-quivering or nose-sniveling, either. These pages do not need to be all soggy with your mucus.”

“Well, I get under people's skins. It's a gift I have, what can I say?”

“Some people just don't have what it takes to appreciate a cookie.”

“Well, it's like I have a GPS inside me," I told them. "One of the talking ones. I tell it where I want to go, and it tells me, Go twenty miles, turn left, take Exit Ninety-fourm and so one. It can be pretty bossy, frankly.Their eyes widened. "Really?" said one.No you idiot," I said in disgust. "I don't know how it works. I just know it has an unfailing ability to point me in the opposite direction of a bunch of boneheads.”