I cried when I turned 34 for no other reason than 34 sounded old to me at the time.

As a writer, the worst thing you can do is work in an environment of fear of rejection.

I suddenly had this really mad desire to have an affair with a woman. I was divorced. I was childless. I figured there's got to be one more way to really tick off my mom.

Time flies, though, huh? But I feel young. And do you know how I stay feeling young, ladies and gentlemen? I'll share my secret with you: I live in a senior citizen retirement community.

I'm not into working out. My philosophy: No pain, no pain.

I was over there in Hawaii. I was there on the big island. The 'Big Island' - that name cracks me up. First of all, it's not that big, so I'm pretty sure a guy came up with that name.

They're all sources of material. What I love about what I do, the more you talk about your life, there are so many people who have similar experiences.

All my other relationships with men, there was so much maneuvering and strategic decisions and stuff.

Women, stop buying the lingerie. Stop buying it right now. Oh, it's a big rip off. Oh my god, $18 bucks for panties this big? Come on, one trip through the dryer, and it's a frilly bookmark.

Just be your authentic self because there's nothing sexier or more beautiful than that.

I'm not afraid of putting myself out there to someone and then them passing on it. At least you could have gotten a 'yes.' So it's worthwhile to have the cojones to do it.

The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.

Vanity is a defensive quality. it contains an element of fear.

By definition, intelligence deals with the unclear, the unknown, the deliberately hidden. What the enemies of the United States hope to deny we work to reveal.

18th century scientists, the French in particular, seldom did things simply if an absurdly demanding alternative was available.

The wider the author's arsenal of tools and the better technically equipped the storyteller is, the better the tale will be.

Mexico and the USA are friends, partners and allies and should continue to work together for competivity and development across North America.

You may not have chosen what is happening to your body, but you can choose how you respond.

Love is lust made meaningful. Hope is hunger made human.

I'm probably a monster-of-the-week guy, and that comes back down to my old favorite show, which as a kid was always Scooby-Doo.

The question I wanted to answer was, could I train my mind to be happy the same way one trains ones body?