Cats are intended to teach us that not everything in nature has a purpose.

Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.

I think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'

I love rhymes; I love to write a poem about New York and rhyme 'oysters' with 'The Cloisters.' And 'The lady from Knoxville who bought her brassieres by the boxful.' I just feel a sort of small triumph.

I hear a little firecracker go off when you come up with a good rhyme.