When I write, I love finding connections between ideas. When the connections are plentiful and strong, then I know it's a pretty good subject to write about.

Leonardo Da Vinci. Leonardo is arguably the world's most famous polymath. So many thoughts and so many different ideas!

I'm a writer and I also do a lot of professional speaking on risk taking and creativity as well.

I work with a lot of different editors at different publishers and magazines and so on, and having a system of shared folders makes keeping track of things a snap.

I think it's important to associate with positive, upbeat people.

I'd love to get ideas on overcoming jet lag.

You get energy from other people, so hang out with energetic people.

Yeah, it's a weird little niche, but by God, it's my niche.

In my office, I like it quiet, so I can concentrate.

I started a funny book from the 1930s called The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse. Wodehouse is a comic genius.

Every day, I walk with my dog - summer, winter (it gets -20 F in Saint Paul), rain or shine. The nicer the day, of course, the longer the walk.

My sincere thanks to friends and family, especially my mother, father, brother, and Mandy, who continue to love and support me despite my obsessions.

It is never crowded at the mountaintop.

Is there anything sadder than the scrawniest little piece of uneaten chicken at a dinner party?”“Hmm, ” said Jules. “Yes. The Holocaust.

He’d lived in the desert all his life, and he loved it. He was its child. It was his home.

I wish I could write while I'm on the road but it never works for me. I need to be sitting still.

I've been around in public life for a long time. I think people know what I stand for. They know that I have strong convictions, committed principles and I'm prepared to stand up for them.

No matter what lens you use, no matter what speed the film, no matter how you develop it, no matter how you print it, you cannot say more than you can see.

Don't get upset with your imperfections. Surrender to the Power of God's Love, which is greater than our weakness.

Jesus undid everything that Adam did, and did everything Adam failed to do.

The doc­trine of the Church should be proven, not announced. There­fore show that the Scrip­tures teach these things.