I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!

Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.

Well, when I was 13, for my bar mitzvah I received my first typewriter. And that was special.

Many adults feel that every children's book has to teach them something.... My theory is a children's book... can be just for fun.

Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.

I feel happy to terrify kids.

When I write, I try to think back to what I was afraid of or what was scary to me, and try to put those feelings into books.

The only lesson is, you gotta keep at it.

Everything that has happened to me has been amazing and surprising.

Who is more irrational, the guy who believes in a God he can't see, or a guy who's offended by a God he doesn't believe in?

I've had a very sheltered life. What can happen to you if you stay home writing all day?

If you believe in the idea of true friends, then your heart is vulnerable to betrayal.

Do you not tire of eternity? Do you not wish to end your suffering?""By leaping into the Void? Not really.

If I were again beginning my studies, I would follow the advice of Plato and start with mathematics.

I moved here to California when I was 13 to pursue my acting career

Life is just a bag of pot.

Traditional methods of sales prospecting are grossly inefficient.

I get overwhelming support in the African-American community.

Writing good ads is easy when you have something to say.

Anushka Sharma is a dear friend; as is Jacqueline Fernandez. They always stand by me for support when it’s needed

Getting on stage, for me, was a huge thing when I first started. And back in high school, everyone was in rock bands and I was a singer/songwriter. It just seems kind of lame.