Sometimes it helps to scold yourself, to give yourself advice.
A real New Yorker likes the sound of a garbage truck in the morning.
I used to get a haircut every Saturday so I would never miss any of the comic books. I had practically no hair when I was a kid!
Making my class laugh and getting in trouble. I was the class clown.
Read. Read. Read. Just don't read one type of book. Read different books by various authors so that you develop different styles.
You have no control [over natural disaster]. That's what's scary about it. You're helpless. That feeling of helplessness is really scary.