I'd like to be rich enough so I could throw soap away after the letters are worn off

My advice is not to wait to be struck by an idea. If you're a writer, you sit down and damn well decide to have an idea. That's the way to get an idea.

It's best to give advice in only two circumstances; when it's requested, and when it's a life threatening situation.

If you put on an item of clothing that hurts just because you have an idea it looks better or conforms to what other people are wearing, it's dumb.

Flying is always an unpleasant experience. You wait an hour for every ten minutes you actually spend getting anywhere.

Teachers who have plugged away at their jobs for twenty, thirty, and forty years are heroes. I suspect they know in their hearts they've done a good thing, too, and are more satisfied with themselves than most people are. Most of us end up with no more than five or six people who remember us. Teachers have thousands of people who remember them for the rest of their lives.

We need people who can actually do things. We have too many bosses and too few workers.