If men ever discovered how tough women actually are, they would be scared to death.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

We no longer build fireplaces for physical warmth—we build them for the warmth of the soul; we build them to dream by, to hope by, to home by.

The goat's business is none of the sheep's concern.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

A closed mind is a dying mind.

Living the past is a dull and lonely business; looking back strains the neck muscles, causing you to bump into people not going your way.

It was part of theTexas ritual? We know about champagne and caviar but we talk hog and hominy.

There are only two kinds of people in the world that really count. One kind's wheat and the other kind's emeralds.

Funny, isn't it, how your whole life goes by while you think you're only planning the way you're going to live it?

The feminine in the man is the sugar in the whisky. The masculine in the woman is the yeast in the bread. Without these ingredients the result is flat, without tang or flavor.

There is so much woman in many a girl and too much boy in many a man.

Every time my dreams threaten to become reality, something always happens and I end up alone.

They say: 'Seek wisdom while you have the strength, or you may lose the strength without gaining wisdom.

I never think about the actual process of writing. I suppose I have a superstition about examining it too closely.

Sister, I won't ask for forgiveness, my sins are all I have.

America is constantly involved in unnecessary wars.

Recipes are not assembly manuals. Recipes are guides and suggestions for a process that is infinitely nuanced. Recipes are sheet music.

I knew it was going to be enormous because of the number of people who bought the books, but, to be honest, I never thought it would be bigger than Bond. Never in a million years.

Age is reforming our bodies to better roll with the punches!

May Allah show mercy upon the man who shows me my faults.