I want a big career, a big man, and a big life. You have to think big - that's the only way to get it... I just couldn't stand being anonymous.

I get it now; I didn't get it then. That life is about losing and about doing it as gracefully as possible... and enjoying everything in between.

I'm going to take the high road because the low road is so crowded.

Rage and grief are savage companions, but despair is the final undoing.

Don't get involved with anyone who doesn't respect his mother.

Life is about loosing, everything, gracefully

I learned that you can't truly own anything, that true ownership comes only in the moment of giving.

Find things that shine and move toward them.

A person without regrets is a nincompoop.

Life is about losing everything, gracefully.

I found real fulfillment through my children and through adopting special needs kids.

Despair wishes their hope diminishes.

The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain.

Those that lack friends to open themselves unto are cannibals of their own hearts.

Creativity is piercing the mundane to find the marvelous.

I've never watched The Notebook either. Not big on romance flicks," I admitted, opening the huge cartons. "Really? I thought every girl has seen that movie and can quote it at a drop of a hat.

Many of the cognitive enhancement drugs serve to increase focus and concentration. But 'letting your mind wander' is very often an important part of the creative process.

Any glamorous moment you might mistake me for having is always pretend.

It was part of your religion to hate the British.

The poet, like the lover, is a menace on the assembly line.

Never mind what others do; do better than yourself, beat your own record from day to day, and you are a success.