I feel like writing about a time when I was probably, and think all of us are, the happiest before the obligations start in.

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it.

Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity.

Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.

It's always painful when you're writing memoirs because you've got to go through the dark places, but it gives you a chance to find out the person you really are, not the person you thought you were.

Take care of him. And make him feel important. And if you can do that, you'll have a happy and wonderful marriage. Like two out of every ten couples.

I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far.

Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation- an investigation of my own life.

I was constantly being dragged out of movies for laughing too loud.

When you praise God in pain, it is preparing you for provision.

The best source of information to use as frequently as possible......is your own bullshit meter.

When he was rough, my body soared. When he was gentle, he slayed me.

I don’t miss anyone. If I did I would do something about it. Besides, some people come back...in dreams. That’s when they’re honest.

I can make a virtue of slapdash. Slapdash can give you courage.

A loud noise will get your fight-or-flight response going. This, over the years, can cause real cardiovascular damage.

The best that can be said of you is that you got saved.

I believe that when we write things down, we being the process of activating the fundamentals in our lives.

No compassion will be tolerated for the Jews. We deny the Pope’s statement that there is but one human race. The Jews are parasites.

Anyone who does not understand the utter cynicism of politics does not understand politics.