Instead of thinking about where you are think about where you want to be. It takes twenty years of hard work to become an overnight success.

Success is a decision, not a gift.

The sun stopped shining for me is all.

A thinking man can never be brave.

Whether consciousness is implanted in us by something divine, or whether it is created by the efforts of our brains, the end result is the same. We are.

Did not. My stubbornness doesn’t even own a gun. My stubbornness is a pacifist.

The best self promotion is your next book. And the book after that and after that.

Any one whose disposition leads him to attach more weight to unexplained difficulties than to the explanation of facts will certainly reject my theory.

I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.

The play takes place on a ramp, hanging from a ramp, below a ramp, and to the sides of a ramp.

I had to dance topless for two years to make cash to pay my bills and save some money. But it was very enlightening, by the way. I'm talking about light from the gutter.