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I don't think most people know what's going to be in their obituary, but I do.

Sometimes a famous subject may even outlive his own obituary writer.

I always wondered what hearing one's own obituary might sound like, and I sort of feel like I may have just heard part of it at least.

A common defense among obituary-fanciers such as myself is that the obit is not about death at all. It is about life. This is true since an article about the condition of deadness would make for turgid reading at best.

I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.

All publicity is good, except an obituary notice.

Anyone who has to write an obituary for me one day will probably say, 'She did absolute depths of agony really well.' I'm not, however, an unhappy person.

It's like obituaries, when you die they finally give you good reviews.

I'm fairly certain when I die that the obituary will say, 'Author of 'Angels in America' dies.' Unless I'm completely forgotten, and then it won't say anything at all.