“Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, ...” — Kirk Douglas Quote

“Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.”

“I have one computer that my wife gave me. All I know how to do, and I do it every day, is play Spider Solitaire. And I don't have a cell phone.”

“I was not a very good Jew. I never practised what Judaism tells you to do, to teach your kids all about Judaism.”

“If you walk down the street and smile at someone, that will get passed on to the next person. That has the power to change someone's day.”

“He taught me never to smile, which helps me when I visit disaster sites.”

“All of the narration in 'Smile' is first-person. Most of the books that I grew up reading had first-person narrators for some reason. My diaries were written in this voice, and since this story is autobiographical, it just felt like a natural extension.”