Don't whine, complain, or make excuses.

Success is never final, failure is never fatal. It's courage that counts.

Passion is momentary love is enduring.

Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.

Just do the best you can. No one can do more than that.

Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are.

Talent is God given. Be humble. Fame is man-given. Be grateful. Conceit is self-given. Be careful.

Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.

Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who'll argue with you.

It's what you learn after you know it all that counts.

Winning takes talent; to repeat takes character.

I love animated movies in general. I like making them.

An author never has a vacation. He's a walking sponge, sopping up impressions till he's saturated, then going to his desk and squeezing them out on paper.

PL/1, the fatal disease, belongs more to the problem set than to the solution set.

Life is at an end where the kingdom of God begins

Most subjects at universities are taught for no other purpose than that they may be re-taught when the students become teachers.

I'm probably the only member of the 'Bachelor' cast without an agent!

Those who make the worst use of their time are the first to complain of its shortness.

Save the child and you save the nation.

I don't like outlining, because books are organic things. Sometimes a book doesn't want to be written in a certain way.

In terms of picking album titles or picking track titles, I think very carefully on all of that because that is the entrance point.