Don't confuse symmetry with balance.

Once one pays some attention to something, then you begin to see evidence of it everywhere.

People who sacrifice beauty for efficiency get what they deserve. (Bernard Mickey Wrangle, p 99)

If you want your tree to produce plenty o' fruit, you've got to cut it back from time to time. Same thing with your neural cells. Some people might call it brain damage. I call it prunin'.

Life is like a stew, you have to stir it frequently, or all the scum rises to the top.

I never outline. I don't work from an outline. I have no idea where the book is going. I mean, even two-thirds of the way through, I don't know how it's going to end.

The trouble with the fast lane is that all the movement is horizontal. And I like to go vertical sometimes.