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Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.

All creatures tread across the rubble of ruined civilizations. The trick is to keep moving. No animal ever goes about dispensing shallow compassion.

Political elections are not life and death.

We animals live life in all its glorious uncertainty. Why do politicians think they can control events?

Good judgment comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgment.

A deadline is negative inspiration. Still, it's better than no inspiration at all.

The only queer people are those who don't love anybody.

If the world were a logical place, men would ride side saddle.

The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four Americans is suffering from some form of mental illness. Think of your three best friends. If they're okay, then it's you.

Art is moral passion married to entertainment. Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

You sell a screenplay like you sell a car. If someone drives it off a cliff, that's it.

One of the keys to happiness is a bad memory.

Every action is either strong or weak, and when every action is strong we are successful.

A life of reaction is a life of slavery, intellectually and spiritually. One must fight for a life of action, not reaction.

I believe in a lively disrespect for most forms of authority.

As a woman, I find it very embarrassing to be in a meeting and realize I'm the only one in the room with balls.

Morals are private. Decency is public.

I believe you are your work. Don't trade the stuff of your life, time, for nothing more than dollars. That's a rotten bargain.

Moral passion without entertainment is propaganda, and entertainment without moral passion is television.

Women who love women are Lesbians. Men, because they can only think of women in sexual terms, define Lesbian as sex between women.

Creativity comes from trust. Trust your instincts. And never hope more than you work.

I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must be bisexual.

Leroy bet me I couldn't find a pot of gold at the end, and I told him that was a stupid bet because the rainbow was enough.

Humor comes from self-confidence.

I believe the true function of age is memory. I'm recording as fast as I can.

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Intuition is a suspension of logic due to impatience.

A peacefulness follows any decision, even the wrong one.

To love without role, without power plays, is revolution.

Language exerts hidden power, like the moon on the tides.

You can't be truly rude until you understand good manners.

Recognition of function always precedes recognition of being.

Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.

The reward for conformity is that everyone likes you but yourself.

Don't ask to live in tranquil times. Literature doesn't grow there.

I am a comic writer, which means I get to slay the dragons, and shoot the bull.

Education is a wonderful thing. If you couldn't sign your name you'd have to pay cash.

I became a lesbian because of women, because women are beautiful, strong, and compassionate.

About all you can do in life is be who you are. Some people will love you for you. Most will love you for what you can do for them, and some won't like you at all.

Normal is the average of deviance.

I think the reason I choose the comic approach so often is because it's harder, therefore affording me the opportunity to show off.

If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.

Life is too short to be miserable.

If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novels, find a book you do like.

There are very few people who are creative and imaginative. Therefore, fiction is difficult for people to embrace.

I've met many irresponsible people in my life but never an irresponsible cat.

While cats can be infuriating, little old women in fur coats, they make me laugh. Of course, dogs, horses and my highly social chickens are dear to me, too.

No animal on the face of the earth could conceive of taxation. You and I work roughly six months a year to pay our local, state and federal taxes. If nothing else, this should convince you that animals are smarter than people.

Not until my middle thirties did I consider myself a novelist.

Hollywood called just as I crested thirty. My novels did not and still do not interest them, but my writing ability did.

I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.

I have no idea what will come next in my writing life or life in general. I like not knowing, but I know what I want. That doesn't mean it will happen, but I'll give it my best try.

There hasn't been a day in my life since I started Latin in ninth grade that I haven't benefited by the lives of the ancients.

I don't think you can ever assess your work. I don't think Turgenev could assess his any more than I can assess mine, and his didn't have a social impact as much as great literary impact.

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