Stay focused, go after your dreams and keep moving toward your goals.
If you don't like your wrinkles and you think Botox or surgery is going to fix it, do it and shut up. But don't keep talking about it.
It's okay if you finish cooking something easy after your guests arrive - some dishes must be prepared a la minute, as chefs say. Just remember to keep talking.
As an author, you need to keep talking to your audience to remind yourself what they like and what they don't like. You spend most of your life locked in a room, and you need to be social occasionally.
If you'd rather spend the holidays with your friends or your dog or digging wells in Kenya than with your family, do it.
Music does not carry you along. You have to carry it along strictly by your ability to really just focus on that little small kernel of emotion or story.
In Mexico we have a trick - add a crystal of salt to the kettle and the tea tastes better, almost English. But after four pots, your kettle's broken.
The key is not to prioritize what's on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.
You need luck, you need your key players, you need to be in the best shape, you need all of that to be champions.
When the key players in your team perform well, the team does well, too.
The key thing is you can be the only person, your own critic.
I've been through a lot of different situations, and the key thing I've learned is: Don't panic. That's the advice I give people. If anaphylaxis occurs, just do the necessary things. If it's your first time, call and seek emergency assistance and find out exactly what's happening. Get help.
I suppose your security is your success and your key to success is your fine palate.
I always say, if you keep your head in the sand, you don't know where the kick's coming from.
If you play this game long enough, you're going to get your tail kicked at least once.
Twitter is maybe the worst thing. It's cool when you can tweet out your show and be like, 'Hey, come see my show,' or 'Check out this Kickstarter,' but it's also this weird 140-character vehicle for insidiousness.
In a kidnapping, you leave behind a lot of your baggage, like arrogance and stubbornness.
It's remarkable what a new kidney does to your life. I have no complaints... I'm pretty amazed. I have been working on my stamina.
Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.
When you meet kin, there is an energy and sparkle between your bodies. It must be chemical somehow - DNA and genes.
