Stay humble. Always answer your phone - no matter who else is in the car.
If you think it's hard to meet new people try picking up the wrong golf ball.
I wanted to end my life so bad and was in my car ready to go down that ramp...
I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy with kings queens dukes and court politics but of course like what I was explaining before about making the science make sense you have to make the politics make sense too.