“I don't feel I have the right to snuff the lives of chicken and fish.” — Douglas Hofstadter Quote

I don't feel I have the right to snuff the lives of chicken and fish.

It always takes longer than you expect, even if you take Hofstadter's Law into account.

We all have heard it claimed that 13 is an 'unlucky number.' Indeed, there are many hotels in America that for this very reason claim not to have a 13th floor, in the sense that there is no button bearing the label '13' in their elevators (I recently stayed in one in New York, in fact).

Many people believe that our lives end not when we die but when the very last person who knew us dies. Memory is part of it, yes, but I think it's much more than memory.

There is so much more vegetable use in Thailand, India and China than meat. Yes, when you go to the markets or buy street food, you see shrimp or chicken - but mostly vegetables.

There's a honey-baked chicken dish I've done for 45 years at least. Our kids crave it, whether happy or sad.

I like chicken a lot because chicken is generous - that is to say, it's obedient. It will do whatever you tell it to do.

When I realized I wanted to do more writing and less traveling around the world teaching live seminars, I decided to write the first 'Chicken Soup for the Soul(R)' book. I knew I wanted to have 100 stories in the book, so I wrote or edited two stories a week for a year.