The person who sees the difficulties so clearly that he does not discern the possibilities cannot inspire a vision in others.

Often the crowd does not recognize a leader until he has gone, and then they build a monument for him with the stones they threw at him in life.

[HAMILTON]I imagine death so much it feels more like a memory

Christmas makes everything twice as sad.

I don't believe in inspiration. I write when I can't avoid writing anymore.

I could never have embraced this many people with two arms.

The most attractive thing that I've seen in the creative realm is the enthusiasm in people that does not seem to burn out. That's what I'm after.

The most important thing is to keep trying...

This head has risen above its hair in a moment of abandon known only to men who have drawn their feet out of their boots to walk awhile in the corridors of the mind.

In my early writing, all of my characters were exactly the same person. They all spoke the same, made the same types of jokes, reacted the same, etc. I think they were all just me in disguise.

I was eight when he left office. Like, he had an awesome house, you know, and my cousins and I had awesome trips to Camp David and Washington. It was just all like a good time for me.

If you're a marketer who doesn't know how to invent, design, influence, adapt, and ultimately discard products, then you're no longer a marketer. You're deadwood.