"I am not dying, not anymore than any of us are at any moment. We run, hopefully as fast as we can, and then everyone must stop. We can only choose how we handle the race."

"You can call it the 'Perfect Moment' when the universe aligns and the music in your head actually matches the music outside and all is well."

"Personally I think birthdays and anniversaries are like menstrual cramps, a regular pain in the ass that's somehow connected to birth."

"If there's one thing I know it's God does love a good joke."

"When a miracle happens, even if not to you, its nature is to naturally expand. You can almost feel the warmth on your face."

"You can always tell you're in trouble when the good option involves a prosthetic leg."

"Before I go out to take a picture of someone, I just stop at the city desk and say, 'Do you want him gazing out toward the sunset or picking his nose?'"

"Once in the racket you're always in it."

"The odds against there being a bomb on a plane are a million to one, and against two bombs a million times a million to one. Next time you fly, cut the odds and take a bomb."

"The world we live in will be either better or worse, depending on whether we become better or worse."

"Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real."

"You get the best out of others when you get the best out of yourself."