I worked in Hollywood as a reader and a would-be writer for about 6 years before I sold my first story.

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.

Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.

There is magic, but you have to be the magician. You have to make the magic happen.

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.

To be successfull you need friends and to be very successfull you need enemies.

A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.

Hard work is only a prison sentence when you lack motivation

Happiness is a strange thing. It is something I tend to recognize only after it has passed, when I realize I miss it.

Fame or perceived success - it all comes from groupthink.

Be a free thinker and don't accept everything you hear as truth. Be critical and evaluate what you believe in.

We see how capitalism is destroying Mother Earth. I remain convinced that the Earth can exist without man but man cannot live without the Earth.

We can all pretend to be cynical and scheming, but when we’re faced with purity and innocence, the cynical mask drops off.

I'd like to be in a tiny indie where I'm lost at sea.

I'm having a great life, and I want to go on having one.

I'm a minimalist at heart. If a song doesn't need a solo, I'm not going to force one into it.

In my world, history comes down to language and art.