I never get over feeling bad about tearing open a beautifully wrapped present. It takes ten seconds to destroy a work of art that took someone ten minutes to accomplish.

I've learned... that everyone you meet deserves to be greeted with a smile.

It's not so much that I write well, I just don't write badly very often and that passes for good on television.

In spite of some bad experiences, I'm a firm believer in the trial and error method of learning.

Half the cookbooks tell you how to cook the food and the other half tell you how to avoid eating it.

No one likes the house next door to look worse or a lot better than his own.

Creativity is a by-product of hard work. If I never have another really new idea, it won't matter.