You can shoot a show and have it not air. It's not real until it's airing.

Jealousy is the worst trait in any person.

That's another piece of advice: Don't go to college; follow your dreams. Unless you're a doctor - then go to college.

If you like standup and decide that it's overtaking your life and want to hate it, watch 1,000 standup comedians who are trying to get on a TV show.

A funny thing is that you can't search me on Twitter because Adam Levine dominates there.

Shakespeare was a smart dude. He was the president of Rome.

People want to be friends with someone who likes to have a good time.

I'm always thinking, 'my career is over, I have to move back to Omaha, and work on the railroad, with the rest of my family. So no, I'm never thinking I've 'arrived.' I think that's a good way to be.

That's another piece of advice: Don't go to college follow your dreams. Unless you're a doctor - then go to college.

I still haven't found the humor in getting hit by a cement truck. My knees still hurt when I think about it, so no jokes about that yet.

My parents are very cool and wildly supportive - maybe almost too much. I want to tell them to chill out.

You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up. It's all there and you just have to find it.

Tears filled Claire’s eyes but, as if they knew their place, didn’t leave.

Beauty more than bitterness Makes the heart break.

Imitation is for shirkers like-minded-ness for the comfort lovers unifying for the creators.

Just when you think we're living in a little bit of a divided world, music brings us together.

I haven't had a lot of 'Games Of Thrones' groupies. The fans seem to be really nice. They don't seem that invasive.

The English never abolish anything. They put it in cold storage.

I feel like an old lady; my hero is Miss Marple.

Be brave with your life, so others will be brave with theirs.

I write out of gratitude for all the books I have loved over the years.