Sometimes, to ensure that a talented individual will work for you, or will stay working with you, you need to be flexible. Money is not always the great motivator here. Talented people want a good salary, of course, but surprisingly often they are more attracted to new opportunities and challenges.

Most of the worst errors I made in my life came from forgetting to act small.

I want to prove that if you write in strict meter and rhyme about subjects people care about, they will buy poetry.

Native trees are so important to our ecosystem.

I couldn't care less what anyone's 'perception' of me is. I'm too long in the tooth to care.

I only buy a computer when it's two years old, after the glitches have been worked out.

Say to yourself: The world is full of money. Some of it has my name on it. All I have to do is collect it.