Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you wouldn't be here digging holes in the hot sun. You know who that person is?" "My no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather.

I jog in the morning and then write for about two hours. There are times when I'm really excited and can't wait to get back to it. But there are days when I don't know what's coming next, and I really have to force it.

An idea doesn't die," said Trapp. "It exists somewhere, in its own dimension, waiting to be perceived.

In a way, it made him sad. He couldn't help but think that a hundred times zero was still nothing.

You can't let anybody else tell you what your choices are. Sometimes they won't give you the right choice.

I hope I remember everything," said Toni. "You won't," said Trapp. "That's how you learn. But after you make the same mistake one, or two, or five times, you'll eventually get it. And then you'll make new mistakes.

I may have ruined my life, but at least I got to eat some really good Chinese food.