Be bold, but not too bold. Have courage, but not too much.

If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.

Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.

I didn't even know I was a feminist until I read it on the back of one of my own books.

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can.

Marriage is a very difficult relationship for nearly everyone and I'm sure you shouldn't do it if you want a quiet little easy life.

guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine

She could see that to lose a sibling was hard: it could only seem unnatural:out of time, out of order, a vicious re-run of your own departure into nothingness.

A break up is the closest thing to bereavement

Discipline is critical to proper preparation.

You can't get rich sitting on the bench.

Injuries may be forgiven but not forgotten.

I add status to any tournament I attend.

Sometimes you have the chance to do one movie, make it the best you can, put everything in it.

Anyone who has got a book collection/library and a garden wants for nothing.

We choose what and how we believe, and our beliefs are tools that we then use to make things happen ... or not.

The hardest part was getting the window net hooked back. I didn't think I was ever going to get it hooked. I finally got it hooked. If I'd known that I wouldn't have tried to hook it.

People put you down because you're above them.