All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

I come like Water, and like Wind I go.

I came like Water, and like Wind I go.

I never drink water; that is the stuff that rusts pipes.

I never drink water because of the disgusting things that fish do in it.

I never drink water. I'm afraid it will become habit-forming.

Reminds me of my safari in Africa. Somebody forgot the corkscrew and for several days we had to live on nothing but food and water.

Once, during Prohibition, I was forced to live for days on nothing but food and water.

What I really dream of is that somebody would blow everything I've done out of the water in a beautiful way, which would clear the way for something better to come along.

It was a great experience for a kid, because it was a bunch of kids playing on pirate ships and water slides, so looking back on it, it was the fondest experience of my childhood.

People seem to see no difference between an intimate conversation and a conversation at the water cooler.

Civil and political rights are critical, but not often the real problem for the destitute sick. My patients in Haiti can now vote but they can't get medical care or clean water.

I couldn't get that same feeling during the day, with my hands in dirty dish water and the hard sun showing up the dirtiness on the roof tops. And after a time, even at night, the feeling of God didn't last.

I hope you will go out and let stories happen to you, and that you will work them, water them with your blood and tears and you laughter till they bloom, till you yourself burst into bloom.

I represent a district covering Rockland, Westchester and Bronx counties, all of which are part of the 9 million people that this water is so important for.