You have to love the process, not just the outcome.

"Jabber’s outfit is so distinctive it should catch everyone’s eye—and buy me some time. As long as his employers think I’m dead, I’ve got a decent chance to carry on with my business. Retracing the previous route is dangerous due to the likely contamination of my cover, but there.

Culture starts from the top down—ownership, management, leadership. It’s no different than a football team.

Without tension, a story dies. Without stakes, life gets boring.

Some jobs teach you skills. Others teach you you never want that job again.

Accountability is disappearing — and that’s dangerous.

Fiction or nonfiction, we’re human beings. We fictionalize life, but life itself is unpredictable.

The present is the present. Today is the day.

Life is an enigma. Sometimes you just never know.

Our ancestors’ struggles produced us, our kids, everything else. It’s remarkable.

Fiction is built from the bricks of lived emotion.

We all carry ghosts. Some are just more charming.

Your legacy is not what you build. It’s who you shape.

"The rock steps up to the plate and looks around. The fans are standing and cheering. Go Rocky, go Rocky, they're going crazy. The place is electric. Rocky holds up the bat and the fans go berserk. Could this be? Could he do it? Could Rocky Colavito bring a world championship.

Subliminal reassurance is still reassurance.

The mind is the greatest black hole in nature.

Look inward. That’s where all the answers are.

The story of one life is the story of many lives stitched together.

I didn’t create Cindy—she happened.

All stories begin with memory, whether you realize it or not.