Your intention for a book is never the same as the reception.

You have to build systems to protect against your lesser self.

Without commitment, you cannot have depth in anything, whether it's a relationship, a business or a hobby.

In life, people tend to wait for good things to come to them. And by waiting, they miss out.

If there was anything I'd learned, it's that the man never chooses the woman. All he can do is give her an opportunity to choose him.

It's not enough to just be yourself. You must be your best self

Rapport equals trust plus comfort.

To get a woman, you have to be willing to risk losing her.

The good thing is that women have such high expectations of men that it inspires us to live up to them. That's what I learned about male-female relationships.

there are only so many ways to get rejected or ignored. It doesn't hurt at all anymore because why should someone who's a complete stranger have any control over your sense of selfworth?

One of the things I'd learned ... was how to take a compliment. Just say, "Thank you." It's the only response a confident person can make.

Relationships should have some limitations, because without limitations one cannot maintain his respect and love.

Information can be such a double-edged sword.

I get a lot of advice from Mark Harmon, and I take it all to heart because I respect the heck out of him.

I watched the sheets breathe when she breathed, like how Dad used to say that trees inhale when people exhale, because I was too young to understand the truth about biological processes.

Sadness of love without release.

It often is a terrible insult to some families if one of the kids turns out to be an artist and that's one way to really shake up the family if you haven't got nerve enough to turn into a homosexual.

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.

I tend to be more interested in the trend pieces than who got a licensing deal for sunglasses, but that's not surprising.

I stood face to face with the moon and the ocean and the future that spread out with all its bewildering immensity before me.

The Coca-Cola Mean Joe Greene ad is one of the most famous commercials of all time, so I was blown away when they asked me to be in this new spot.