I would rather have someone say they hate me and mean it, than have someone say they love me and not.

True happiness comes when you give your best in something beyond yourself.

Hope is a gift we give ourselves in our darkest despair.

A single thread of hope is stronger than all the chains that bind you.

I have come face to face with many truths from the past that had to be revised with present knowledge.

Failure, loss and defeat are just mile markers on the road to success.

There is no greater success as when you turn your enemy into your ally.

Success comes not from having certainty, but being able to live with uncertainty.

Success involves avoiding the lure of making excuses.

Success involves going to where others believe is too far.

An attitude of gratitude increases abundance and diminishes fear.

Matriarchy is a time-honored staple for any writer looking to invent an exotic society.

ASK YOURSELF: Are your facial expressions in alignment with your true personality? Are they working on your behalf to project the best impression possible?

Mother's love is peace. It need not be acquired, it need not be deserved.

My company is called Ciné-Tamaris, which is rosemary. That's my speed. Hot water and herb.

Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly and, if you speak, speak accordingly.

I can write the stuff and play it myself and have something in my head, but the best feeling is when somebody else plays it and they're hearing something other than what I'm hearing.

Since the past is unreal and the future is unreal, all your thoughts are about nothing.

It is in their 'good' characters that novelists make, unawares, the most shocking self- revelations.

A good emcee will rhyme a lot of different ways. Don't limit yourself.

Because other people are fools, must you be so too?