All people believe their suffering is greater than others.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Trust yourself and try not to get lured off course by conflicting opinions that don't seem to sit right with you.

I don't know who would not classify themselves as a romantic. I think that would be sort of sad.

I am a huge admirer of Elizabeth I, and this intriguing biography gives a wonderful picture of the era.

I love hiking in the mountains in Aspen. Breathing the clean, fresh air is great. Plus, it gives me a cardiovascular workout and firms my legs.

The greatness that would make us grave, Is but an empty thing. What more than mirth would mortals have? The cheerful man's a king.

They can take everything away from me, but they can never take my pride, unless I somehow get some.

No nation has the right to make decisions for another nation; no people for another people.

No obligation to do the impossible is binding.

Monogamy, monotony. There's only a couple of letters...

But I'm really trying to run this company like it is going to be here a hundred years from now. That's what's important.