"It is a subtle truth that a steadfast commander remains calm when the storm rages fiercest."

"The tapestry of existence shows us that the true master is an eternal student."

"A visionary sees the unseen and knows character is forged in the fires of discipline."

"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: wisdom is knowing when to speak and when to listen."

"A self-taught man usually has a poor teacher and a worse student."

"I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money."

"No one forces me, or any other writer, to sell a film option on the books. If you don't want to run the risk that the filmmakers may adapt your work in a way you don't like, then you don't sell the option. You know when you sell it that they will have to make some changes, just because film and TV are different media than books."

"“Bed,” as the Italian proverb succinctly puts it, “is the poor man's opera.”"