I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

No more crying. It's all wetness and no comfort at all.

But, how do you know if an ending is truly good for the characters unless you've traveled with them through every page?

All I've ever wanted was to be near you.

Many times I have learned that, you never judge a book by its cover. Like people, it is the inside that counts.

Writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.

Mama used to say, you have to know someone a thousand days before you can glimpse her soul.

It was karma, it was kismet, it was magic. It doesn't matter how it happened, just that it did.

I think the only way to get through this life is laughing hard and constantly, mostly at myself.

You are my butterfly and refuse to set you free.

I do like the world quite a lot.

God was never created the economy.Men found it after banished from Eden.

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

I haven't had that good a time in ages. Since September 11, really. I just felt so happy, it was like the sun came out of the clouds for me. I love Italy.

I look at the artistic process as like experiencing the world, channeling it through your personality and sending it back out there. That's the process.

Beyond all experience is the one who is experiencing. Beyond all change is the One who never changes.

Riding a bike works your legs but not your brain. Playing chess works your mind but not your body. Climbing brings it all together.

I'm a working mom. I've been working since I was 14 years old.

Profit doesn't appear as the goal but as a side effect of pursuing motivating principles.

You have to fall in love with yourself first, and if someone wants to join you, more power to them!

Nuclear war would mean abolition of most comforts, and disruption of normal routines, for children and adults alike.