When you do the right thing, good stuff has a way of happening.

When you're frustrated with people, when they've made you angry, it just may be because you haven't given them enough time.

It's easy to be smart when you are parodying smart people.

Never underestimate the importance of having fun. I'm dying and I'm having fun. And I'm going to keep having fun every day because there's no other way to play it.

Let other people finish their sentences when they’re talking.

The most difficult part of writing a book is not devising a plot which will captivate the reader. It's not developing characters the reader will have strong feelings for or against. It is not finding a setting which will take the reader to a place he or she as never been. It is not the research, whether in fiction or non-fiction. The most difficult task facing a writer is to find the voice in which to tell the story.

Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.