If you want to do this - either write for TV, or write books - the first thing you have to do is write a lot. And I mean a ridiculous amount.

Sunrises and sunsets are real jerks about putting things in perspective.

You don't have to be a genius when you're surrounded by morons.

It doesn't pay to be good at something unless you are the absolute best at it.

Insanity is just what we call stupidity when it doesn't make sense.

Gratitude can sometimes be as annoying as whininess.

I thought I was going to be a poet when I was in college, but then I found out I was poor so I decided to do something I'd get paid for.

The more you write, the faster you'll write, and the less you'll mind throwing stuff out.

Crime is for poor people. You don't need to rob the bank if you own it.

I can't focus on any one day, because I always have to be ready for the next. It's fun but frenetic - like living in a circus that never stops performing.

A lot of young writers are very precious about their words. Don't be - you've got to be ready to burn stuff. You're not as good as you think you are, at least not yet.

Never get lost in the crowd. Climb a mountain for a better view.

To be bold is to be wise enough to realize that fear is the energy that fuels action.

Once I started drinking more water, my skin, hair and nails all flourished.

Politics in a democracy is, at the end, an educational process.

We came from Bethlehem, Georgia bearing Betty Crocker cake mixes into the jungle.

It's really important to take time for yourself because if you don't know what it is like to be a real person and spend time with a sense of normality, how can you play normal people in films?

From a distance the rushing of the torrent delights and uplifts us, but it rocks us in a flimsy boat, we are overwhelmed by despair. The same applies to danger.

Consistent prayer is the desire to do right.

Social Security is a social insurance program - it is not designed to be the same thing as a 401(k).

I'll continue to use Mac [McNamee] to train me. He's one of a kind.