I love my work. I've had three successful series, and I want to find out if I can make a fourth.

Whatever you want to do, do it now. There are only so many tomorrows.

Life has been good to me. It's not like I missed an awful lot. I had a pretty good lick here. Every moment gets a little more important.

I've fought hard and now I'm weary to the bone.

I've got nine kids, nine dogs, three grandkids - and one in the oven. And three parrots!

The one thing I need to leave behind is good memories.

There are a lot of things in this world that are more important than being popular. Being true to yourself is one of them.

I'm not the kind of person who gives up without a fight.

I don't have expectations. Expectations in your life just lead to giant disappointments.

I want people to laugh and cry, not just sit and stare at the TV.

I'm going to beat this cancer or die trying.

The man who has no imagination, has no wing

In the middle of nowhere, an old wooden bridge is a golden bridge!

One of the major problems with long-term deep space human flight is the requirement for radiation shielding.

For me, French is so rich and so sacred that learning it is like learning a foreign language.

Knowledge is but folly unless it is guided by grace.

We can distance ourselves from the reality of what we did through storytelling.

Do not look only at yourself, and you will see much. Do not justify yourself, and you will be distinguished. Do not brag, and you will have merit. Do not be prideful, and your work will endure.

I value the momentum of making the list and the drive to tick. Sometimes I add stuff I've already accomplished so I can get going on my feelings of accomplishment.

When I was young I was trained in stage fighting and rapier and dagger, for several years.

It sounds cliched, but superheroes can be lonely, vain, arrogant and proud. Often they overcome these human frailties for the greater good.