On the worst day of writing, the work is instructive. On the best day, the act is transcendent.

Remember: a story is not a vignette. It has a beginning, middle and an end. It is not merely a snapshot in time.

You can feel good about failure. Failure means you did something. You finished the story even if it wasn't what you'd hoped. Failure means you're learning. Growing. Doing.

Enter the story as late as you can.

Write til your fingers bleed.

Science is trumped by ignorance when the ignorant are given a vote.

We’re here to change the world, not participate in its tedium.

Leadership can mean defiance.

We think the future is robots and hovercars and maybe it’s really here.

Failure is an instruction manual written in scar tissue.

All hail the light, the dark, and the grey.

One can hear all that's going on in the street. Which means that from the street one can hear what's going on in this house.

Anything done without character can only end in catastrophe.

Many have stood their ground and faced the darkness when it comes for them. Fewer come for the darkness and force it to face them.

In the Bible, a woman was made from a man. In real life, a man is made from a woman.

Benny was awake again. Happened every morning.

That problem has been going on since men and women and their children moved from the plains and into caves. How many times have you heard Howard Cunningham talking to Marian about shopping? Too many.

I am critical of myself.

Moments of solitude are the holiest moments to think wisely!

Great shooters are one dribble guys.

I wouldn't use the same color in a picture in more than one place