Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other people.

Depression is not sobbing and crying and giving vent, it is plain and simple reduction of feeling.

And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.

People that keep stiff upper lips find that it's hard to smile.

Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s in outer space and it ain’t coming back.

Some people have an unrealistic expectation when it comes to getting published; the fact is most publishers will turn down your work which is why you need to be persistent.

Writers don't write to inform other people, they write to find out something themselves.

Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You can’t feel pain, you aren’t gonna feel anything else, either.

Make peace with what is.

I think living the blessed life is the luck of the draw.

Two separate, distinct personalities, not separate at all, but inextricably bound, soul and body and mind, to each other, how did we get so far apart so fast?

It is inevitable that I will leave a legacy simply because I cannot walk through life without leaving footprints as I walk. Therefore, I would be wise to consider the path before I make the prints.

I'm not very interested in myself. I do have a deep moral belief that you should always look out at other things and not be self-centred.

Look, you need technical skills to run a company.

The diet book is one of those fool-and-money separation devices that seems, like roulette or slot machines, never to lose its power.

I like what is in the work -- the chance to find yourself.

The ref was vertically 15 yards away.

If you have too many problems, maybe you should get out of business. There is no law that says a company must last forever.

Illegal is not a race, it is a crime.

There is no great sport in having bullets flying about one in every direction, but I find they have less horror when among them than when in anticipation.

There is a horse here-the furthest north of any horse, and he eats fish and travels on snowshoes.