Friends can betray you, but with an old enemy, you always know where you stand.

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.

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.

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.

Meteorites don’t fall on the Earth. They fall on the Sun and the Earth gets in the way.” - John W. Campbell

He once told me that an August evening was "as hot as three toads in a Cuisinart, " a comparison that left me blinking two days later.

A shrink and a patient switching places. Who is REALLY the boss?

The body is a sacred garment.

You wouldn't be a complete band without a slightly cocky frontman, would you?

If you would win the world, melt it, do not hammer it.

Nashville is one of the greatest places for the best songwriters in the world. It's been fantastic to live there and to raise our family there. It's a great town.

She'll sting you one day, Oh, ever so gently, so you hardly ever feel it. 'til you fall dead.

History is prone to mistakes in identity, and facts are not always solid things.

I don't think there's a lot of carry-over from year to year. I don't think anybody cares what you did the year before.