Like People, animals will become frightened and likely do whatever you say if you whip them enough.

The trick to following someone without getting caught is to follow somebody who doesn't think they're being followed.

Why haven't we fixed sick yet? You scientists there-- put down those starfish and HELP us. I hereby demand that all the people who are good at math make the world free of illness. The rest of us will write you epic poems and staple them together into a booklet.

Normally it is not polite to go into somebody’s room without knocking, but you can make an exception if the person is dead, or pretending to be dead.

...in life it is often the tiny details that end up being the most important.

Young writers should read books past bedtime and write things down in notebooks when they are supposed to be doing something else.

When things don't go right, go left