People let their guard down a little more when they're eating.

Play not with paradoxes. That caustic which you handle in order to scorch others may happen to sear your own fingers and make them dead to the quality of things.

I personally think that's incredibly therapeutic to just be alone in your own thoughts and not be freaking out.

Dry-aging happens when meat has been left to hang out in a temperature- and moisture-controlled environment. Over time, the meat's natural enzymes begin to break down the connective tissue and rid the meat of moisture, which results in a rich, nutty, and tender piece of beef.

The life of a startup is full of ups and downs, an emotional roller coaster ride that you can't quite imagine if you've spent your whole career in a corporation.

I understand the self-loathing and the resentment, and the discipline that it takes to sit down in front of a typewriter or computer every single day, whether it's going well or not going well.

One of the biggest struggles in starting out on my own was developing a celebrity client base.

I don't think anybody can be told how to act. I think you can give advice. But you have to find your own way through it.

Women were quite terrifying until I was older. I think that's partly down to confidence.

I like having my own story remain my story.

I don't have pets, I have two guard dogs; and I don't do my own shopping; it's a security thing.

I'm from a small town, a farm, a hundred acres.

I've done a lot of meditation studying on my own, but I've also taken a couple of transcendence classes.

The world is its own magic.

I'm good everywhere. I can defend the takedowns. I can get a guy down if I want them. I can keep it standing and strike. I can do it all.

I would be far more critical than any reviewer could be of my own work. So I simply don't read them.

The moment you think you're not funny, the next funny thing you think of is just around the corner. So you have to appreciate the natural breathing patterns, the ups and downs. There are moments you're going to be hilarious and moments where you're going to be not so hilarious. That's just the way it works.

Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.

When you're writing for a sequel and there's a movie that's been deemed sacred ground by the fanbase that's the predecessor, you cannot do anything to tread on that, so it's a bit trickier than just being able to sit down and write something.

I learned to fly an airplane, and had my own airplane during the 1960s.