“My history is pretty different from the history of most professors. I ...” — Daniel Goldstein Quote

“My history is pretty different from the history of most professors. I was a high school dropout. I dropped out and became a science fiction writer.”

“If you set goals for yourself, and you're like a lot of other people, you probably realize it's not that your goals are physically impossible that's keeping you from achieving them; it's that you lack the self-discipline to stick to them. It's physically possible to lose weight. It's physically possible to exercise more.”

“I think the problem with the word 'happiness' is that it sounds fluffy. It sounds like something trivial that we shouldn't be concerned with.”

“That's what my life has been all about: Every time I get dropped, I come back and win.”

“I saw some pretty famous people, but when I tell you I saw Steve Urkel, I just dropped everything. I started impersonating him. Of course, I walked up to him and said, 'Did I do that?'”

“You know, I have dropped three expensive pens on the nib. And it just makes you cry when it happens.”