As we get older we either become our worst selves or our best selves - Steve Martin

I'm smart enough to know that Elizabeth had no doubt seen dozens of men leap over curbs without her falling in love with the leaper, but I do believe this: When an endeavor is special in a person's life, others discern it intuitively and appreciate it more, like the praise a child receives for a lumpy clay sculpture. And as ordinary as such an event might be, it can be instilled with uncommon power.

I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. I hate necks.

Everything was dragging me toward the arts; even the study of modern philosophy suggested that philosophy was nonsense.