What the New Yorker calls home would seem like a couple of closets to most Americans, yet he manages not only to live there but also to grow trees and cockroaches right on the premises.

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A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is...

A solved problem creates two new problems, and the best prescription for happy living is...

Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when...

Children rarely want to know who their parents were before they were parents, and when...

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do...

Don't try to make children grow up to be like you, or they may do...

Poetry is so vital to us until school spoils it.

Poetry is so vital to us until school spoils it.

When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and...

When it comes to cars, only two varieties of people are possible - cowards and...

Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on canned laughter grafted by gaglines by...

Situation comedy on television has thrived for years on canned laughter grafted by gaglines by...

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion...

I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began...

I gave up on new poetry myself 30 years ago when most of it began...

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to...

An educated person is one who has learned that information almost always turns out to...

Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.

Misery no longer loves company. Nowadays it insists on it.

Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.

Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity.

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a...

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a...

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is...

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is...

Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really...

Is fuel efficiency really what we need most desperately? I say that what we really...

The common law is nothing else but statutes worn out by time

The common law is nothing else but statutes worn out by time

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure...

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure...

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

Live by publicity, you'll probably die by publicity.

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed

Politicians are masters of the art of deception.

Politicians are masters of the art of deception.