Don't give up. There are too many nay-sayers out there who will try to discourage you. Don't listen to them. The only one who can make you give up is yourself.

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.

Never, never listen to anybody that try to discourage you.

This is for all of you out there tonight, reaching for a dream - don't ever give up! Never ever listen to anyone, when they try to discourage you, because they do that, believe me!

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out.