“If you need me I’ll be napping in the supplies closet. The most important part of an attack is the planning.”

“The most important imperative to be questioned is the one that tells you to go the the art supply store to be a painter.”

“In this era, you must deliberately preserve and cultivate your most valuable connections to people, activities, and whatever else is most important to you. Anyone can cultivate these connections, drawing from them the strength and will a person needs to handle the best and worst of life, but only if you plan to do so and insist on adhering to your plan.”

“So don't. Come hang out with me at work. We can play naughty dress up with the hospital gowns and rearrange the supply closets.”

“I only need to write about 3,000 one-liners a day to produce a million jokes a year. Simple. I’ll just get started after I take a nap.”

“The most important part of a story is the piece of it you don't know.”