Every minute we waste in frustration over a task that seems overwhelming is a minute subtracted from the time we've allotted to enjoy life.

It's often been said that I'm an extremely depressing, cynical writer. I've never known what to make of that.

I was purely content to sit in the car and wander around my own mind. Watching the world itself, the people in it, and my whole internal life was more than enough to keep me entertained.

The real problem is what to do with problem solvers after the problem is solved.

What you do is, you just do the gig, enjoy, get on with it, and treat the rest as horse doodle.

Hiring quotas reduce efficiency.

Rejection is nature's way of telling you to write a better book.

I've always been a little shy about taking my clothes off, but I don't worry about it any more.

The low-grade plagiarism of popularity will never lead you to true contentment.

If there's no hatred in a mind Assault and battery of the wind Can never tear the linnet from the leaf