It is far more important to know myself and take care of myself than it is to look good to others.

Emotional abuse is any type of abuse that is not physical in nature. It can include everything from verbal abuse to the silent treatment, domination to subtle manipulation.

You have the right to your own ideas and opinions, to make your own decisions, and to have things go your way at times. Stand up for those rights.

Instead of envying what others have, decide what YOU want out of life and focus on achieving it.

Accepting that your imperfections and so-called negative attributes are part of what makes you unique will help you to stop continually trying to be someone or something that you are not.

Apology reminds us that each person (including ourselves) deserves to be respected and treated fairly.

A meaningful apology is one that communicates three R's: regret, responsibility, and remedy.

Believing is the shortcut to achieving.

Do the most difficult thing if that is what will pay you. Dust the Rust if you Must. Success never comes with ease.

For my little dog, Pip, who joined our family during the writing ofthis story. Thanks for rescuing me.

Go back to bed, Cowan. I want no promises from you.

Most of us wake up every day and make decision that will make us happy, and generally decisions that will make us happy right then in the moment or that day. We are not really on a truth quest.

What seems to us serious, significant and important will, in future times, be forgotten or won't seem important at all.

My mom has this great skiing event in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, every year for a local charity.

If you're not drinkin', then you're not playin'

I think art education, especially in this country, which government pretty much ignores, is so important for young people.

I have never been convinced throughout my life that one needs to be imitating others. I even tell my daughters not to look at me as a model.