I don't want'a die... I have other plans!

Certainly I've lived my whole life through my imagination. But the world of imagination is there for all of us--a sense of play, of pretending, of wonder. It's there with us as we live.

Watch out for the icy patch

I don't resent working long hours. I shouldn't- I'm the one who set up my life this way. I love to work. It's the thing that I get the most satisfaction out of-nd probably what I do best. Not that I don't enjoy days off. I love vacations and loafing around. But I think much of the world has the wrong idea of working. It's one of the good things in life. The feeling of accomplishment is more real and satisfying than finishing a good meal- or looking at one's accumulated wealth.

Do everything at 100 percent of its potential and never accept second best.

I know I drive some people crazy with what seems like ridiculous optimism, but it has always worked for me.

At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.