“Most of the people I admire, they usually smell funny and don't get out much. It's true. Most of them are either dead or not feeling well.”

“You know, it's a funny thing about writers. Most people don't stop to think of books being written by people much like themselves. They think that writers are all dead long ago--they don't expect to meet them in the street or out shopping. They know their stories but not their names, and certainly not their faces. And most writers like it that way.”

“most people are either sleep walking through their waking life or wake walking through their sleeping life. either way they're not getting much out of it.”

“The people of the United States are one of the people I most admire in the world. The only thing I don't understand is why a country that manages to do so well cannot do better in choosing its president.”

“Admire as much as you can. Most people do not admire enough.”

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