I was lucky to have a great dad.

Leadership development is about helping people grow, and if I can get people as individuals growing, then I've got a company that grows.

These are tough and unusual times and I don't see the negative global economic situation abating anytime soon.

The communication function of modern writers is akin to the ancient role fulfilled by tribal shamans. All writers ultimately perform a shamanistic role in society

Raw, freezing magic detonated from her outstretched hand with the sound of a thousand thunderclaps.

I knew people were going to see me see deteriorate before their eyes.

To die, to be really dead, that must be glorious.

I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore. The tenth is, thou shalt have right of final cut.

I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking.

There were times over the years when life was not easy, but if you're working a few hours a day and you've got a good book to read, and you can go outside to the beach and dig for clams, you're okay.

If you are humble nothing will touch you, neither praise nor disgrace, because you know what you are.

What means the most to me changes through the years. There was a time when movies meant the most. But when I'm concentrating on a project, that's what means the most to me.

In them was not the savage blankness of the reptile species. Instead there was something far worse - burning, unquenchable rage mixed with the self-mocking irony of great intelligence.