“Sometimes losing a pet is more painful than losing a human because in the case of the pet, you were not pretending to love it.”

“I wouldn't call myself a shut-in. I have the ability to leave my home; I just choose not to. But because I'm such a homebody, it's important to be surrounded by things I love.”

“My father and I have a very good relationship. We always got along. But I always scold him.”

“You think in a different way when you don't have any money. The joy of poverty is that you use your imagination to come up with stuff.”

“I like crafts that come out of poverty or necessity. There used to be hobby shops where you'd get your supplies, and then you'd use your imagination.”

“I like to decide the night before Thanksgiving that I'm gonna do it, and I'll see what riff raff is around. Then I get that last-minute surge of energy. But if I had two weeks to plan, sometimes I wish I wasn't doing it. But very seldom does that happen.”

“People who shop in health food stores never look healthy.”

“My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper.”

“I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life.”

“I failed first grade, which is my biggest problem. You always feel like a failure, like you're stupid.”

“There's humor in everything. There's gotta be humor in everything.”