Three people I take their words with a grain of salt: a person in love, a drunk and an insurance agent. They never really mean exactly what they say.

When it comes to the core of who we are, it takes incredible effort to shift more than one standard deviation from the mean of your life.

My son hit his head on a couch and pushed it away. He never went near that couch again. It is amazing what and 1 year old boy can teach you about life.

For some strange reason I get some of my brightest ideas on the toilet seat, with my clothes on.

Dreaming is easy. Creativity is a lot of work.

If I knew what I know today, years ago, I wouldn’t change a thing about anything. I would not have appreciated what I know today if it hadn’t been for what I didn’t know.

For every writer, there is a challenge of time that is only magnified in the solitude of the work.

I have found that there is indeed a secret to a happy marriage. It is called perspective.

I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that anytime there is a deficit of more than 3% of GDP all sitting members of congress are ineligible for reelection.

A fruitless year, take a fearless heartOne that blooms late will flourish in the dark

What is it with us?

I love shark week, all kids swim for free

Forsake not an old friend for the new is not comparable to him a new friend is as new wine.

I try to take every conflict, every experience, and learn from it

I would like to have the original ending to my Lord of the Rings instead of the one they released. In my original cut I had the victory at Helm's Deep as the final sequence.

I'd say that golf is about 75% mental. If your state of mind gets out of kilter, you're worse off than a tomcat floating on a log.

But this…this kid wasn’t dead yet. Makes no sense to me. (Bubba) Maybe someone spiked his Wheaties? (Nick)

Success isn't how far you got, but the distance you traveled from where you started.