I think of myself as a songwriter, a weaver of story and imagination in a way that a novelist might write a book.

Time is free, but it's priceless. You can't own it, but you can use it. You can't keep it, but you can spend it. Once you've lost it you can never get it back.

A woman can't change a man because she loves him. A man changes himself because he loves her.

Your reality is yours. Stop wasting time looking at someone else's reality while doing nothing about yours.

The most successful people in this world recognize that taking chances to get what they want is much more productive than sitting around being too scared to take a shot.

If you pray about it don't worry about it. If you're going to worry about it don't pray about it.

Sometimes out of your biggest misery, comes your greatest gain.

Everybody by your side ain't on your side

Don't be afraid to lose him, because if a man truly loves you, he's not going anywhere

Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.

The great grey beast February had eaten Harvey Swick alive.

It pains me to admit this, but Roger was a good sight less stupid than most children.

You can only greet success when you are ready to say goodbye to failure.

Going to see plays isn't what you people should do. Try looking at yourselves a little more often and see what gray lives you all lead. How much of what you say is unnecessary.

To those of you who are enslaved by your past, may my story set you free. For youth is innocent and its beauty is to always be cherished.

Us Asians look like we're twenty until we're fifty. Once we're fifty, we look like Yoda.

If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he might so speak of continental reputation.

I went to Princeton specifically to study physics.

Without going too deep, without globalization I am not sure everyone would be able to have a supercomputer in their pocket at the low cost.

To have created one of the most respected companies in the world. Not necessarily the biggest.