I have a friend who is an excellent liar. His secret: Believe the lie yourself when you're telling it.

How much easier is it to lead an unexamined life than to confront yourself on the page?

You're not going to be a writer someday. You're a writer today. Discipline yourself to write and take time to enjoy writing. Do it a lot. Have fun with it. Begin now.

I grew up half in South Central and half in the San Fernando valley.

I hope you have lost your good looks, for while they last any fool can adore you, and the adoration of fools is bad for the soul.

I sing the sweets I know, the charms I feel, my morning incense, and my evening meal, the sweets of hasty pudding.

You have to know writing styles well before you can copy them - and then incorporate parts of them into your own style.

You are my creator, but I am your master; Obey!

Good design is ubiquitous and forever.

God doesn't measure His bounty, but oh how we do!

Do not be bewildered by the surfaces: in the depths all becomes law.

We have two kids, my wife and myself.