I know something about a lot of things, " she countered evenly. "That's why you're grooming me to be your lieutenant, remember?" - Mara Jade

I've found that what most people call luck is often little more than raw talent combined with the ability to make the most of opportunities. (Talon Karrde)

Governments and entire planets are important, Threepio. But when you sift everything down, they're all just made of people.

You happened to me, " she told him, her voice more fatigued than embittered. "You came out of a grubby sixth-rate farm on a tenth-rate planet, and destroyed my life." - Mara Jade

To hell with you all, I DO believe

You are not your poetry. Your self-esteem shouldn't depend on whether you publish, or whether some editor or writer you admire thinks you're any good.

They say the eyes are the window to the soul.

When you're doing collaborative music, the relationship that forms is a very bonding kind of experience.

Rex Tillerson does massive deals in Russia. He does massive deals for the company, not for himself, for the company.

Anyone who dreams of an uncommon life eventually discovers that there is no choice but to seek an uncommon approach to living it.

While waiting for promised blessings, one should not mark time, for to fail to move forward is to some degree a retrogression. Be anxiously engaged in good causes, including your own development.

I'd rather go with someone who wasn't a great speaker, but was a great chef, rather than someone who was a great performer, but maybe not a great cook.

I like to write for actors I know and with whom I've worked before. You can write to their strengths and weaknesses and write roles that are better suited to them.

Knowing how to do things not just with the head, but with the hands as well: this might seem a programmatic and ideological goal. It is not. It is a way of safeguarding creative freedom.