And I love to speak - I am very good at it. And if you love to do something, you're very good at it, and also you are paid well, why would you not do it? Why would you stop?

The reason we're bored is because we don't love anything.

You have to love what you're doing. I've never seen anyone succeed who didn't love what they were doing.

I'd have stopped writing years ago if it were for the money.

I Can't Conceive of Thinking that I'm Too Old to Do What I Love

Find something you like to do, and do it so well that people pay you to do it.

What I try to do is write. I may write for two weeks 'the cat sat on the mat, that is that, not a rat,'.... And it might be just the most boring and awful stuff. But I try. When I'm writing, I write. And then it's as if the muse is convinced that I'm serious and says, 'Okay. Okay. I'll come.

I make writing as much a part of my life as I do eating or listening to music.

One way to develop courage is to consider what will happen if we fail to act.

It's not what you know but the kind of job you do that makes the difference.

If mediocrity becomes the norm, the quantity of outstanding producers will decline, as will general prosperity.

When I left 'The Garry Moore Show,' I signed a 10-year contract with CBS.