As a writer no one's gonna tell me how to write. I'm gonna write the way I wanna write!

Never judge anyone by another's opinions. We all have different sides that we show to different people.

When you're climbing Mount Everest, nothing is easy. You just take one step at a time, never look back and always keep your eyes glued to the top.

Never let anyone shame you into doing anything you don't choose to do. Keep your identity.

Yes, there's one thing I do want. I want to be aware of the minutes and the seconds, and to make each one count.

Do not measure the number of tragedies you sustain, but to quantify the success you derive from them.

Everyone has an identity. One of their own, and one for show.

I don't think any novelist should be concerned with literature…literature should be left to essayists.

Acting is glamour but writing is hard work, so I'm going to be an actress.

The second draft is on yellow paper, that's when I work on characterizations. The third is pink, I work on story motivations. Then blue, that's where I cut, cut, cut.

I've got a library copy of Gone with the Wind, a quart of milk and all these cookies. Wow! What an orgy!

Climate Change is a bit like our advanced societies. Too late to "fix." The only choice left is that we adapt to what we've created.

It is defeat that turns bone to flint it is defeat that turns gristle to muscle it is defeat that makes men invincible.

In most states you can get a driver's license when you're sixteen years old which made a lot of sense to me when I was sixteen years old but now seems insane.

He that won't be counseled can't be helped. He that would have a short Lent, let him borrow Money to be repaid at Easter.

I have a dream of getting a visa, which is a dream that many people have so they can leave their countries to come someplace else, specifically they want to come to the United States.

If you continue to dream, if you never abandon your dream, it will come true in the end.

The mother of creation is vanity.

I guess the only thing to do now is meet his parents. I'm sure they're decent people. I mean they gotta be if they named their son Gaylord Focker.

Focus on where you're going and you'll know what steps to take. Focus on the steps you're taking and you won't know where you're going.

He who wants to become a Bhakta must be strong, must be healthy.