If you say "I'm going to be an actor, but I'll get a teaching degree just in case," when things get hard, you'll just be a teacher and that's how you get stuck.

I don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.

I don't necessarily self-identify as a writer, 'cause it implies a certain level of intelligence.

The thing about narcissistic people is that they don't think they're being narcissistic.

Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic, but don't give it more attention than it deserves.

I take my coffee like I take my women... strong... black... and proud.

Internet fame is like regular fame only without all the annoying 'money' and 'power.'

Super excited about things I'm going to do; never excited about things I'm actually doing.

You have to lead, in the case of a game show, a contestant through the architecture of the show. So there's a lot of rules there, literal and implied, that you have to navigate.

Whatever I write I publish. Because that's where the money is.

Shuffling really isn't something you should be doing on your deathbed.

...having you as a friend wasn’t second prize. It wasn’t something to chafe against. It was an honor.

One deed from a sage achieves more than a thousand deeds from warriors.

We give advice, but we cannot give the wisdom to profit by it.

It's pretty high up there on the list. Being able to return a serve at that speed is one of the biggest things that separates the professionals from the recreational players.

We need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by ending the subsidies for oil companies, and doubling down on clean energy that generates jobs and strengthens our security.

The dominance of conclusions over arguments is most pronounced where emotions are involved.

••If you work with a jackhammer during an earthquake, stop, otherwise you are working for nothing.

Bad guys turned informer. Good guys didn't - no matter when, no matter what.

It’s often overlooked. It’s labor. That’s at the heart of #‎ collaboration .

Though my short stories are the more readable, my novels do have more to say; and they will, if anyone has the patience for it, repay a rereading.