Give me a bottle of hard cider, a bowl of Peterson Irish Oak in my Neerup pipe, and please, above all, give my Henry David Thoreau’s Wild Apples. Do that and you will see a man contented.

It’s my opinion that only in times of utter depression or lofty peace is it appropriate to be creative.

Edgar Allan Poe’s writings showed me perfectly that there can be such fragile beauty and purity located in darkness and sorrow.

In my own book-signings, I find humility. It’s always humbling when people go out of their way to come visit with me and by some of my books.

Does Uncle Bob have anything?""I heard he has an STD.""I mean on the women.""Oh, I have no idea if they have any STDs.

Create positive life with positive thoughts and positive words.

Persistence and perseverance – these are the two most important characteristics a startup founder should have.

Never wish the death of anyone or you will lose your goodness inside you!

I think in friendship, you want to be there for your friend, and sometimes you just don't know what to do or the relationship you have with them is not clear enough for you to know what to do.

I made one decision in my life based on money and I swore I would never do it again.

I did successfully kick tobacco at the age of 34. I smoked for like 20 years, from 14 to 34.

Likewise, I would never be so rude as to not interrupt a friend. How else would she know I was listening?

I have no wish for a second husband. I had enough of the first. I like to have my own way to lie down mistress, and get up master.

I much prefer to work with dead writers, and ones who were writing four hundred years ago.