"I absolutely relate to being alone in squalor, trying to come up with something adequate. I relate to that, and I've been known to crawl out of bed and drink out of a 2-liter bottle of Diet Coke."

"I hear that 5 o'clock whistle in my mind like Fred Flintstone and I have to stop. I'm also not much of a morning writer. I have a sweet spot from about 11am to 4pm. But I really work during that time."

"People have always wanted to be recognized, and that's human nature. But people used to want to be recognized for their accomplishments, and now they simply want to be visible."

"There's probably no experience more alienating than fame, other than a terminal illness, where you actually find yourself in a situation that nobody around you can relate to."

"I have often wondered how it is that every man loveshimself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinion of himself than on the opinion of others."

"Each of us brings to our job, whatever it is, our lifetime of experience and our values."

"Don't feel entitled to anything you didn't sweat and struggle for."

"I'm fed up with being bossed around."