I had always been taught that life was the other way around -- that you had to make sure you got what was coming to you . . .

Number one, I absolutely love making chocolate chip cookies. I mean, it's fun. It's exciting. Beyond the fact that I love making them, I love eating them.

The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.

When you're taking care of the customer, you can never do too much. And there is no wrong way... if it comes from the heart.

I've never felt like I was in the cookie business. I've always been in a feel good feeling business. My job is to sell joy. My job is to sell happiness. My job is to sell an experience.

Good enough never is. Set your standards so high that even the flaws are considered excellent.

A cookie store is a bad idea. Besides, the market research reports say America likes crispy cookies, not soft and chewy cookies like you make.

It's never too late - not now, not ever - for you to pursue your passion.

What I wanted was to be allowed to do the thing in the world that I did best - which I believed then and believe now is the greatest privilege there is. When I did that, success found me.

The greatest failure is not to try. Had I listened to all the people during the course of my life who said, "You can't. You'll fail. It won't work. You don't have...," I wouldn't be here today.

There are people out there who want to say yes. That gave me confidence to keep asking.

I know I'm drinking myself to a slow death, but then I'm in no hurry.

The refusal of the British and Russian peoples to accept what appeared to be inevitable defeat was the great factor in the salvage of our civilization.

Twi-moms! I love them, the little cougars!

I'm not a crazy old cat lady!

The funny thing is that I feel close to all my characters. Deep, deep inside them all. I can't describe how deeply I love them all.

If you beat metal long enough, it turns to steel.

Raquel Welch is someone I can also live without. We've got some love scenes together and I am dreading them!

I used to cut guitars out of a piece of cardboard to copy the Strat look. I used a backwards tennis racket for a while and graduated to the cardboard cutout.

If your pictures aren't good enough, you aren't close enough.

I think it is an anarchistic idea to have information on the front and the back. Normally if you add information to information, you have more information.