Worry is interest paid in advance on a debt that never comes due.

My definition of a 'friend' is, coming from Chicago, someone who says, 'Yeah, sure. You know what? Let's talk about what we can talk about. Let's help each other out. Your politics are none of my business.'

My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die.

The essence of jiu-jitsu is philosophy.

I tend to write a lot, which I think is the secret to being prolific.

My dad was a labour lawyer, and the ideas that I grew up with - bad management, bad capitalism, robber barons - when I applied this to my own life, I saw that we are all on both sides of the coin.

It is the writer’s job to make the play interesting. It is the actor’s job to make the performance truthful.