I've fallen back on this periodically, although I must say that getting out of the grocery business ranked right up there with getting out of the army as one of the happier experiences of my life.

When they ran out of cadre men they gave me my very own platoon and said, 'Here are 63 men, try to keep as many of them alive as you possibly can.' That was one of the more harrowing experiences of my life.

A lot of my work comes from my life experiences.

—I can make Skell laugh if I really have to, but I have to take off one of his boots first.

—That went by just a little fast, Torl.

—It’s terribly hard to tickle the bottom of a man’s foot when he’s wearing boots, commander.

Falling down is a piece of Life,, getting back up is Living It

Everybody, at some point in their life, has fallen down and not felt like getting back up, but you have to, no matter how difficult it is.