Every person you encounter, whom you interact with, is there to teach you something. Sometimes it may be years before you realize what each had to show you.

Life is problems. Living is solving problems.

I'm a huge fan of Cabernet and Bordeaux, and am passionate about Pinot Noir and Burgundies.

There is no idea so brilliant or original that a sufficiently-untalented writer can't screw it up.

A hero is someone who simply got too frightened to use his good sense and run away, then somehow lived through it all.

But for the most part, love is a recognition, an opportunity to say, 'There is something about you I cherish.

Often I'll try things that just won't happen the way I'd like them to, so hearing that they're not working saves me some wear and tear the next time around.

Never accept the proposition that just because a solution satisfies a problem, that it must be the only solution.

I know you'll think this odd, but I find it strangely exhilarating not knowing what's coming next.

If I leave my computer, I'm probably not going to get back for hours. If I take a few minutes to answer questions and go web surfing, then guilt kicks in and I get back to work.

One likes to think one grows as a writer as one ages, else all you get is an old young writer. Beyond that is the changing landscape of the universe and the stories I choose to tell.

Take care of your words and the words will take care of you.

You can transform your entire physical appearance, personal experience, energy, and social success simply by smiling. And it is also good to do just for you!

The only thing I hate worse than a hero is a stupid hero.

If you want the people to understand you, invite them to your life and let them see the world from your window!

Lessons didn't really work out for me, so I went to the old school, listening to records and learning what I wanted to learn.

Believe me, I understand that most higher rate taxpayers are not the super-rich.

The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom.

We are not only celebrating International Yoga day, we are training the human mind to begin a new era of peace, Sadbhavana.

If a scientist is not befuddled by what they're looking at, then they're not a research scientist.

I'm like anybody else that's in media. I've got my opinions. I share them. I'm not afraid of them.