I was raised by free-spirited people, though my father gave me a very strong work ethic.

I think that anybody that smiles automatically looks better.

I love the rebelliousness of snail mail, and I love anything that can arrive with a postage stamp. There's something about that person's breath and hands on the letter.

You'll never have any mental muscle if you don't have any heavy stuff to pick up.

It's always refreshing to step into another time.

Blessings come in disguise. And challenges can be a blessing.

I think the secret to happiness is having a Teflon soul. Whatever comes your way, you either let it slide or you cook with it.

I've found there to be a tremendous amount of East Coast snobbery in the journalism world.

I want to sit down, and I want to laugh. Nothing works better for me than watching somebody slip on a banana peel.

I would say chemistry between two people is very powerful. You have to fight to keep it, but if you don't have it, you can't manufacture it.

My parents treated my like I had a brain - which, in turn, caused me to have one.

My urge to write is an urge not to self-expressionism but to self-transcendence. My work is both bigger and smaller than I am.

Oh Mokona, you're such a tease! ~Fai D. Flowright

What separates the wise from the unwise is

Draco: Flipendo! ... Keep up, old man.Harry: We're the same age, Draco.Draco: I wear it better.

I'd rather be the protector than the protected. I'm naturally the protector - being a mother and having a famous family. You have to navigate when it's right to protect.

Technology is an incredible tool - it connects people to each other, creates jobs all over the world, and makes life easier for millions of Americans.

Just as dogs love to chew bones, the mind loves to get its teeth into problems. That's why it does crossword puzzles and builds atom bombs.

You are personally responsible for becoming more ethical than the society you grew up in.

This is an evening of wonders, indeed!

People are still emulating the old fashioned criminal.