I feel very fortunate to be compared to somebody so incredible. Michael Jackson's an icon.

The most boring thing in the world? Silence.

My teenage years were exactly what they were supposed to be. Everybody has their own path. It's laid out for you. It's just up to you to walk it.

The way I grew up, I was always taught that it's uncouth to talk about money, and that's not what should inspire you.

I believe people can move things with their minds.

As time goes by people will see who I am for who I am.

I have really great, great parents, and they were very supportive of me.

We should all believe in something, and I believe it's time for another shot of tequila.

Yesterday is history Tomorrow's a mystery

If you put out 150 percent, then you can always expect 100 percent back. That's what I was always told as a kid, and It's worked for me so far!

The gray area, the place between black and white - that's the place where life happens.

Gone, but only until we get there

What are you will to sacrifice for success? Whatever it is, don't sacrifice your values, your morals, your principles. Not worth it.

God helps them that helps themselves.

We must realize that we're all part of a web of life around the world. Anytime you extinguish a species, the consequences are serious.

Whene'er with haggard eyes I view This dungeon that I'm rotting in, I think of those companions true Who studied with me at the U- Niversity of Gottingen.

People assume that I came back to Washington because of the Post, but the truth is less romantic. I came back for a job.

Dialogue is the place that books are most alive and forge the most direct connection with readers. It is also where we as writers discover our characters and allow them to become real.

World is crazier and more of it than we think, Incorrigibly plural.

Leave to your opinions their own quiet undisturbed development, which, like all progress, must come from deep within and cannot be pressed or hurried by anything.

What I want to do is to make people laugh so that they'll see things seriously.