The best advice I was ever given was on my twenty-first birthday when my father said, Son, here's a million dollars. Don't lose it.

Anything that can go wrong, will

One mark of a good officer, he remembered, was the ability to make quick decisions. If they happen to be right, so much the better.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

Half of wisdom is learning what to unlearn.

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.