“But they get some comfort out of the made up stories. And if that helps them get along maybe I should not poke fun.”

“There's no pleasure in getting to be an old coot unless you have some fun along the way.”

“Stories are made up by people who make them up. If they work, they get retold. There's the magic of it.”

“A pair of dolphins swept by us in the water, flicking their heads out to get a look at us as they went. One of them made a chittering sound that wasn't very melodic. The other twitched its tail and splashed a little water our way, all in good fun. They weren't the attractive Flipper kind of dolphins. They were regular dolphins that aren't as pretty and don't get cast on television. Maybe they just refused to sell out and see a plastic surgeon. I held up a fist to them. Represent.”

“Never did get my curiosity cured,' she said. 'Some people sit around and wait for the world to poke them. Right here in this old curiosity shop of a world, they say, 'Poke me, world,' Well, you have to keep the challenges coming on. Make them up if necessary.”

“If I was an author I'd be worried, as I'm a story teller I'll just get drunk and make it up as i go along.”