Page 23 The Relationship
To me, the difference between being single and married is the form of government. When
you're single, you are the dictator of your own life. You have complete power. When I
give the order to fall asleep on the sofa with the TV on in the middle of the day, no one
can overrule me! When you're married, you are part of a vast decision-making body.
Before anything is accomplished, there's got to be meetings, committees have to study
the situation.
And this is if the marriage works. I think this is the reason why divorce is so painful.
You've been impeached and you weren't even the President.
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I've come to the conclusion that there are certain friends in your life who are always your
friends and you just have to accept it. You see them even though you don't really want to see
them. You don't call them, they call you. You don't call back, they call again. You're late,
they wait. You don't show up, they're not upset. You try and stab them, they understand.
The only way to get through talking with people that you don't really have anything in
common with is to pretend you're hosting your own little talk show. This is what I do. You
pretend there's a little desk around you. There's a little chair over there and you interview
them. The only problem with this is there's no way you can say, "Hey, it's been great having
you on the show, but I'm afraid we're out of time."
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When you're in your thirties, it's very hard to make a new friend. Whatever the group is that
you've got now, that's who you're going with.
You're not interviewing, you're not looking at any new people, you're not interested in
seeing any applications. They don't know the places, they don't know the food, they don't
know the activities. If I'm introduced to a friendly guy at a club or a gym, it's like, "Hey
look, I'm sure you're a very nice person, you seem to have a lot of potential, we're just not
hiring right now."
Of course when you're a kid, you can be friends with anybody. There were almost no
qualifications. If someone's in front of my house now, that's my friend, they're my friend,
that's it. "Are you a grown-up? No? Great, c'mon in! Let's jump up and down on my bed!"
And if you have anything in common at all--"You like cherry soda? I like cherry soda.
We'll be best friends." (
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