Focus on yourself -- do what you want, when you want, without having to consider anyone else's agenda.

a few bad apples is no reason not to visit the orchard.

I've always expressed my thoughts in color but we remain blind.

Oh, don't be silly - EVERYONE wants this. Everyone wants to be *us*.

I definitely like clothes as much as the next girl, just not to the extent of people who work in the fashion industry.

Naturally, I mine my girlfriends lives for good anecdotes and stories - so many of their experiences find their way into my books.

I'm not denying that he's a terrific guy, but I'm not sure he's terrific for me.

He certainly seems like the perfect guy but none of that matters if he's not the perfect guy for you.

Mom and Dad were great, but being asked where I was going every time I left the house - or where I'd been every time I returned - got old quickly.

This was exhausting. If she was going to make this kind of emotional investment in someone, he should at least be a proper boyfriend. But for a casual fling? She could drive herself crazy.

My vigour, vitality, and cheek repel me. I am the kind of woman I would run from.

Following Jesus is a verb.

I have both English bulldog determination and Bengal tiger strength.

Do not think of your faults, still less of other's faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

I Walk The Line was my third record.

A little bit of attention can go a long way.

Each piece of writing I undertake, whether a story, novel, play, or poem, begins with an image.

Years do not make sages; they only make old men.

My generation fought very hard for feminism, and we fought very hard to not be labeled as you had to have a husband or you had to be in a relationship, or you were somehow not a cool chick.

Old anchormen, you see, don't fade away. They just keep coming back for more. And that's the way it is, Friday, March 6, 1981.