I've always admired people who are over-prepared.

If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.

It's interesting, the secrets you decide to reveal at the end of your life.

Develop a good filing system.

Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish.

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.

We cannot change the cards we are dealt, just how we play the hand. If I don’t seem as depressed or morose as I should be, sorry to disappoint you.