If you lose the dullards back in the dust, that's where they belong. You don't want them anyway.

Less is more.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Clutter is the disease of American writing. We are a society strangling in unnecessary words, circular constructions, pompous frills, and meaningless jargon.

Hard writing makes easy reading. Easy writing makes hard reading.

Four basic premises of writing: clarity, brevity, simplicity, and humanity.

When you're ready to stop, stop. If you have presented all the facts and made the point you want to make, look for the nearest exit.

I almost always urge people to write in the first person. ... Writing is an act of ego and you might as well admit it.

Thought is action in rehearsal.

A clear sentence is no accident.

If the nails are weak, your house will collapse. If your verbs are weak and your syntax is rickety, your sentences will fall apart.

You must find your own gift, the activity you are fond of and the activity you were created for

Small miracles happen every day, some people just don’t notice them.

It's difficult to remember when you haven't played it before.

Interestingly enough, Aurthur C. Clarke once autographed a copy of his book "Rendezvous with Rama" for me.

We're creating an ownership society in this country, where more Americans than ever will be able to open up their door where they live and say, welcome to my house, welcome to my piece of property.

We asked Jane Fonda if she would like to meet American pilots in Hanoi, but she refused, she didn't want to.

Where there is truth, there also is knowledge which is true.

The home is the empire! There is no peace more delightful than one's own fireplace.

As an actor, you want to remain vulnerable. You don't want to always have all the answers and you want to be fine doing things in the moment with your fellow actors.

when you put something good into the world, something good comes back to you.