Everyone who knows me knows that I'm a hopeless romantic who listens to love ballads and doo-wop songs all the time.

My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud.

Loneliness adds beauty to life. It puts a special burn on sunsets and makes night air smell better.

No such thing as spare time, no such thing as free time, no such thing as down time. All you got is life time. Go.

I am an optimist because I want to change things for the better and I know that blood has to be spilled and disharmony and cruelty are necessary to do that.

I have found the Iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me, never runs. Friends may come and go. But two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds

It's sad when someone you know becomes someone you knew.

I believe that one defines oneself by reinvention. To not be like your parents. To not be like your friends. To be yourself. To cut yourself out of stone.

Strength is the product of struggle, you must do what others don't to achieve what others won't.

There’s one thing about Black Sabbath which should not be understated: If Black Sabbath is missing any one of its members it’s no longer Black Sabbath.

We all learn lessons in life. Some stick, some don't. I have always learned more from rejection and failure than from acceptance and success.

Why is it men think you have to accept an apology, just because one is offered?

Nothing in the world is more common than unsuccessful people with talent, leave the house before you find something worth staying in for.

Selfless love is always costly; fear can't afford it, pride doesn't understand it and friends never forget it.

Structure your presentation so that you appeal to the different interests of the different decision-makers involved.

A library is a palace of dreams.

Nothing in the whole world is so athirst for beauty as the soul, nor is there anything to which beauty clings so readily.

I really want people to know me, to find out about me, and if they really like me, to stick with me.

Being the first to cross the finish line makes you a winner in only one phase of life. It's what you do after you cross the line that really counts.

Everybody who works for Amblin Television has to do five jobs.

That's what she [Hillary Clinton] is done with everything all her life. She just makes something good happen, and that's what you need.