“Sports just happen to be excellent for avoiding foreign-language stage fright and developing lasting friendships while still sounding like Tarzan.”

“Someday is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.”

“Someday" is a disease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.”

“Getting fired, despite sometimes coming as a surprise and leaving you scrambling to recover, is often a godsend. Most people arent lucky enough to get fired and die a slow spiritual death over 30-4...”

“Dont confuse the complex with the difficult. Most situations are simple many are just emotionally difficult to act upon.”

“Its lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for...”

“I feel like every project I work on is a dream project, so long as I am learning.”

“Love, too, has to be learned.”

“Every pain is a lesson.”

“It's often the material things that provide the essence of memory.”

“One of my favourite parts of writing is doing the research. It's the door into that magical reading/writing state - the raw material for making the story real.”