Find the best in everybody. Just keep waiting no matter how long it takes. No one is all evil. Everybody has a good side, just keep waiting, it will come out.

I'll take an earnest person over a hip person every day, because hip is short-term, earnest is long term.

When there’s an elephant in the room introduce him.

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.

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

Its important to have specific dreams. Dream Big. Dream without fear.

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures. The person who knows only success can be more oblivious to all the pitfalls.