If you want someone’s attention, whisper.

No one's going to see my mistakes; I just need the safety of these mistakes to lead me to the right answers.

Don't give [the audience] four; give them two plus two.

I've always been shocked and waiting-for-the-other-shoe-to-drop that a girl would ever talk to me, let alone want to marry me. They always seem to hold the power to me, and from my mother to my wife to my daughter, every time I try to really figure them out, and think I've got them pegged, I pay for it.

The greatest story commandment is: Make me care.

Use what you know. Draw from it. It doesnt always mean plot or fact. It means capturing a truth from your experiencing it, expressing values you personally feel deep down in your core.

I've always felt you unearth story, like you're on an archeological dig.