“All change requires effort and sacrifice. Sometimes action plans fail because they are based on the idea that there is a ‘magic bullet’ which on its own can solve our problems.”

This is not true. Complex human problems typically require complex solutions with many different components.

What am I supposed to do if I go bald? Get a wig? Fat, goofy, gay, wig.

A true friend never asks of you what they know you would never ask of them.

Civilians’ is a term I love. It’s what Elizabeth Hurley used to describe people who weren’t on TV.

When I was a kid I used to hate getting picked for team sports. It would be the fit and sporty guys over there.

I might as well get a piano and start an Elton John tribute act!

And me and the fat kids over here. Those kids were fat! One girl had to be cut out a hula hoop.

I had to have a brace because I had big teeth. If I’d gone to Africa I would have got poached.

The fan base that I’ve had all these years has come along.

It’s actually safe to create a universe in your basement.

Regulation – which is based on force and fear – undermines the moral base of business dealings. It becomes cheaper to bribe a building inspector than to meet his standards of construction. Protection of the consumer by regulation is thus illusory.

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

I don’t watch anything on a regular basis – I tend to binge-watch things.

He signed as a shortstop. He could play the outfield, of course, and third base and first, too. He was a tremendous athlete. Mickey Mantle was unbelievable, too.

I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.

By getting into distribution and production, I am actually widening my base.