Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.

We were basically one and the same, although Jim Kirk was just about perfect, and, of course, I am perfect.

A tree you pass by every day is just a tree. If you are to closely examine what a tree has and the life a tree has, even the smallest thing can withstand a curiosity, and you can examine whole worlds.

I slept for four days when I turned 40.

The essence of paint ball is the fact that when you get hit by a ball full of paint, it hurts just enough to say, 'Ow, I gotta get out of the way,' but not enough to say, 'I quit.'

I've discovered that the more freedom I have to be creative, the more creative I become.

If there's anything I'm not pompous about, it's myself or my work. But I seem to be able to play it.