I have accepted fear as a part of life -specifically the fear of change ... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back. ...

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

We have been called by God

The best light which illuminates your path is your determination!

The only way to improve the chances for finding winners is to keep all the choices open and try them all.

It took me ten years and seven books to bag an agent - it took me that long to start writing good.

Already, China has undermined U.S. foreign policy in efforts to gain access to oil resources in Iran and Sudan. We simply cannot separate the political and economic values of oil.

Finding a thought for an aphorism is not hard. Putting a kink in its tail is the hard part.

We're all of us dying . . . from the moment we're born

I was very influenced by movies; I was very influenced by a world that had a sense of dream.

My theory about creativity is that the more money one has, the more creative one can be.

Anybody can be fit. But you have to be patient. Give your body some time to adjust.