Bob Scarpelli [of DDB] has told me I'd rot in hell for the commercials I've done, but I think he's kidding.

The biggest mistake young designers make is that they try to make their advertising look like advertising

I look for things that no one I know, even myself, would ever come up with. If your solution is something that your friends or family might come up with, throw it away.

Advertising shouldn't be like medicine. It should be like candy.

Confident people tend to evaluate their opinions alongside those of others and then follow their intuition.

These days he was like a zombie, all grim business, just another jerk with an erection.

Every good act is charity. A man's true wealth hereafter is the good that he does in this world to his fellows.

When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.

My dad was an autoworker, my mom was a clerk. Until I was thirty-five, I never made more than fifteen thousand dollars a year.

Such squeamish youths as cannot bear to be connected with a little absurdity are not worth a regret.

Do today what you want for your tomorrows

I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development.

There is never much trouble in any family where the children hope someday to resemble their parents.

Small herbs have grace, great weeds do grow apace.