S.W. Collins Quotes

I have always believed the iron rule of politics was that women don't vote for men who yell.

Elections have to have at least a little meaning. Obama ran on income tax hikes for the wealthy. People knew they were voting for that. They want that. And it's good policy.

This is the moment when I should also admit that when the Internet first arrived I kept telling people it was a fad.

As long as we decline to allow sick uninsured people to just lie down and die on the side of the road, everybody has to have insurance for the health care system to work sanely.

My only thought about Margaret Thatcher is the same one I had about Ronald Reagan. I hated a lot of what they did, but once in a while a country just needs a change.

Sarah Palin is treated like a bimbo sometimes, but she has never given the public the respect they deserve. She acts silly and doesn't know stuff. She didn't even finish her term.

Sarah Palin is an heir to the women's movement. She has not been constrained by gender. At no point in her life has she thought, 'I can't do that because I'm a woman.'

One very clear memory I have of college is that I never learned anything in the big lectures. I have a feeling I'd have done even worse if they'd been on a laptop screen.

Over the long run, many of Perry's stances boil down to following the money.

I can say with unwavering certitude that I have never started a pint of Ben 'n Jerry's ice cream that I didn't finish in its entirety within 6 minutes.

The biggest critics of my books are the people who never read them.

My biggest critics have never read me.

For a perfect holiday I need my iPhone and my writing tools. I write all my books by hand so black felt pens and yellow legal pads are a must. And my eyebrow pencil. I'm very low-maintenance.

Ideas are all around me. If I wasn't interested in them myself, I don't think anyone else would be either.

I don't like being in one place too long. Five days just about does it for me because I have a very low threshold for boredom.

I don't plan my books. I don't know what's going to happen. That's why I could pick up any one of my 30 books and I could continue the story on.

My books flow. People say they pick them up and they can't put them down. It's because when I'm writing them I pick my pen up and I cannot put my pen down.

I like to design my clothes; I design my jewelry, yeah. It's fun.

There's always things that you know about that nobody else, because everybody's life is different. So you write about what you know. That's number one.

You've got your hands full if you have three children under 2 years old.

The husbands, who sometimes have another family who's grown, are going, Now I can spend time with my baby. Oh yeah, I bet your other family is really thrilled.

I don't believe in writing anything that I don't know about or haven't researched about personally. I like to transport the reader to places, and in order to do that I have to do the research.

I'm a storyteller; I write what I want to read.

I try not to bore my readers.

I am currently talking to one of the studios about making American Star as a TV series.

I spend so much time in my studio, which can be very dark, so it can begin to feel as if I'm a mole underground.

You absolutely must have the discipline not to hire until you find the right people.

Discipline is consistency of action.

The signature of mediocrity is chronic inconsistency.

You need self-control in an out-of-control world.

Good is the enemy of great.

If you have a charismatic cause you don't need to be a charismatic leader.

We learned that a former prisoner of war had more to teach us about what it takes to find a path to greatness than most books on corporate strategy.

A dream is a feeling that sticks - and propels.

The people who don't have a great life are the ones who settle for a good one.

I am not failing - I am growing! Do you have the ability to reframe failure as growth in order to achieve your goals?

Throw leaders into an extreme environment, and it will separate the stark differences between greatness and mediocrity.

Some managers are uncomfotable with expressing emotion about their dreams, but it's the passion and emotion that will attract and motivate others.

To have a Welch-caliber C.E.O. is impressive.To have a century of Welch-Caliber C.E.O.'s all grown from the inside - well, that is one key reason why G.E. is a visionary company.

I can just let my curiosity wander unleashed.

If I'm going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.

After a certain age, you get the face you deserve.

Love may be a dream but marriage is a nightmare.

I have never been the mousy, stand-two-paces-behind, obedient 'little woman' type.

I have always tried to live my life with enthusiasm and pleasure.

I have a lot of male friends.

Of course it does on opening night, but I've never had that devastating stage fright that some people get, but apparently, you can develop it.

Every woman should wear make-up. It takes years off. I'm wearing lots of false eyelashes today, and to me, lipstick is the best cosmetic that exists.

If you eat junk, you look like junk. People say, 'It's not my fault, it's my glands.' It's not; it's greed!

Gone are the days when a gentleman lightly took your hand in his and brushed his lips across it, or tipped his hat to acknowledge you as he chivalrously stepped aside to let you pass.