In comedy laughter settles all arguments.

We often put off doing something for as long as possible, then as we finally make the decision and step into the action, we're surprised by its relative ease. We're left to wonder why we dreaded it until we realize that most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.

A fine work of art - music, dance, painting, story - has the power to silence the chatter in the mind and lift us to another place.

God help you if you use voice-over in your work, my friends. God help you. That's flaccid, sloppy writing. Any idiot can write a voice-over narration to explain the thoughts of a character.

When you do enough research, the story almost writes itself. Lines of development spring loose and you'll have choices galore.

No civilization, including Plato's, has ever been destroyed because its citizens learned too much.

Classical design is a mirror of the human mind. It's how we see the world.