At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since.

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.

Success is achieved by developing our strengths, not by eliminating our weaknesses.

Know how and how much to tip people who expect gratuities, even in the case of poor service.

Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.

Working in an office with an array of electronic devices is like trying to get something done at home with half a dozen small children around. The calls for attention are constant.

Be able to hiccup silently, or at least without alerting neighbors to your situation. The first hiccup is an exception.

Be able to analyze statistics, which can be used to support or undercut almost any argument.

Skill is successfully walking a tightrope between the twin towers of New York's World Trade Center. Intelligence is not trying.

Know the official post office abbreviations for all 50 states without having to consult a list.

There's plenty of intelligence in the world, but the courage to do things differently is in short supply.

know what you want, work to get it, then value it once you have it.

Until we are all free, we are none of us free.

Whatever's on your mind is also on God's heart.

The dream is a distant goal.

Although it may be unused, the front door continues to appeal to our sense arrival. Call it the ceremony of coming home.

No object is mysterious. The mystery is your eye.

I listen to lots of music, especially Bach, opera (all periods), German lieder, chamber music, and rock, old and new. I can't listen to music while I write. It's too absorbing.

My back is so scar-tissued that you couldn't find a place to slip a knife.

When you are working hard, you don't have time for anything other than what you are doing in the scene and what the director wants.