A consumer is a shopper who is sore about something.

Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.

In the business world an executive knows something about everything, a technician knows everything about something and the switchboard operator knows everything.

Middle age is the awkward period when Father Time starts catching up with Mother Nature.

To receive everything, one must open one’s hands and give.

If I only had a little humility I'd be perfect.

My first job was with an auto plant, Kansas City - they treated you like slaves. From there I went back to Chicago, worked in steel mills, drove a cab, stuff like that.

Here's another secret - I have really big feet. I'm a size ten, so every opportunity I get I buy myself shoes.

When a child enters the world through you, it alters everything on a psychic, psychological and purely practical level.

There's no reason to yell at anybody.

I've always thought of myself as an organic writer, rather than a cerebral one. I feel my way along as I go, hoping I'll get to the place I intend to reach.

It's the choosing that's important, isn't it?

Where you begin doesn't matter. Your willingness to start is what counts.

My idea of a holiday was following my family up the hill with my pekinese, who would skip over the heather in front of me.