Do not be dismayed to learn there is a bit of the devil in you. There is a bit of the devil in us all.

The most inspirational feeling I can come up with is.......The feeling of presence.

The literature has only these words of comfort for a patient and her family at this stage. Remember, there is still a living spirit inside this diminished person, the spirit of someone you love.

Take a chance! All life is a chance. The man who goes farthest is generally the one who is willing to do and dare.

To die with elation is a crappy way of dying... A warrior dies the hard way. His death must struggle to take him. A warrior does not give himself to it.

I think that the celebrity memoir as a genre is looked upon as a lesser form. One of my missions as a ghostwriter has been to elevate that form. Maybe that sounds pretentious!

Acknowledgemen t of what you feel, what you know, what you need is the first step toward healing.

People are afraid of change. We all are. Human beings are afraid of change, but change can be good.

One thing that Chairman Mao did was to end the appalling foot binding of women. That alone justifies the Mao Tse-tung era.

Write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands.

It isn't a coincidence that prayer was commanded right after the year of sadness. The prayer was the greatest comfort.