I like a woman who has both maturity and ingenuity. This comes under the heading of femininity.

It’s a terrible thing to hate your mother. But I didn’t always hate her. When I was a child, I only kind of disliked her.

He was dazed, the soft thoughts sinking slowly in. A son. Even a daughter. His child. Immortality. A chance to make good. Pass on the hard lessons learned.

They seemed no closer to the tops of the peaks that rose before them. It was only by looking back, to the forest far below, that she knew they'd climbed.

Writers should be read - but neither seen nor heard.

People who can be very good can be very bad too.

Happiness is dealing with setbacks with more grace, understanding and acceptance

When we truly recognize that our beliefs are that powerful-we hold the key to freedom.

I always feel attacked when I'm asked about my painting.

Go forward with joyful confidence.

When you want a thing deeply, earnestly and intensely, this feeling of desire reinforces your will and arouses in you the determination to work for the desired object.

You have to be responsible for yourself, refer to yourself, develop yourself, help others, whatever it may be. So we shouldn't have an idea that the whole thing is to shatter ones ego.