Five hundred words a day is what I aim for. And I don't go on to the next chapter until I've polished and polished and polished the one I'm working on.

I was nearly fired from my second job, which was writing press releases for Boston's public television station.

My narrators tend to be women with low self-esteem, so I can send them to charm school.

I was a roving guard on the Lowell Hebrew Community Center's girls' basketball team all through high school. My specialty was stealing the ball, but my only shot was a lay-up.

I watch golf on television, although I don't golf - except for visits to the driving range in spurts.

I wear a pedometer, aiming for five miles a day - don't be too impressed; that includes walking around my house and food shopping.

Success and failure are relative categories. Therefore, do not exult in victory and do not despair after defeat. Accept the changes in life placidly, knowing that autumn and winter come after summer.

Though you may hear me holler, And you may see me cry--I'll be dogged, sweet baby, If you gonna see me die.

Trust in this life is a hard thing to earn and keep.

Think deeply about things. Don’t just go along because that’s the way things are or that’s what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think.

Having an aim is the key to achieving your best.

Be realistic, demand the impossible!

A large number of people to begin crawling through those tunnels and caves looking for the bad folks.

I think it's every artist's dream to create something that will endure, something that people will listen to until there are no more people on earth to listen to things.

We're blessed on 'How I Met Your Mother' to feel like we're doing a bit of a funny playlet everyday.

There are a lot of things going on with my life right now that don't just have to do with career. So I have a hard time making decisions about work. That's really a luxury problem.