Like cars, every relationship requires a bit of an occasional service, and fine-tuning should be compulsory.

Joy acts like a trampoline, everything that touches it bouncing right back off it.

Life is rife with frustrations, jealousies and, on occasion, an overwhelming sense of its injustices, but it's a big mistake to let such negative sentiments rule our lives and dictate choices.

Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in, external situations cause internal friction, you grow apart and then bounce back together.

In romance we feel the need to zoom in and expound on our partner's foibles in intimate detail; in friendship we tend to do the opposite, avoiding confrontation through fear, lethargy or both.

I was told that when you hit forty men stop looking at you. It's true, until you slip on a mini-skirt.

I wasn't allowed to be clever when I was young and blonde, but now I am 50 and an old blonde, I am allowed to have gravitas. With wrinkles comes wisdom.

For most of us, when our 'dreams' - I use the word with reservations - came true, and marriage and motherhood became a reality, the romcoms, like horoscopes, swiftly lost their allure.

Since so many romantic comedies vary little in their storyline, the success or failure of such movies depends largely on whether we believe in the relationship of the protagonists.

Having a baby is a disaster for your career. I don't think there's any sympathy.

Sustaining true friendship is a lot more challenging than we give it credit for.

By recalling God’s past provision, we can reassure ourselves that what He has done in the past, He will do again in the future.

People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

... Because one who seeks the highest must not leave any path untried.

Better to expose ourselves to ingratitude than fail in assisting the unfortunate.

Those who seek enjoyment in life are the ones that think that the world is a playground.

With dates I like to cater a girl. We do whatever she likes. If she was open to what I wanted to do, it probably wouldn't be a dull date, because I am a jock.

I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money.

He who cannot love must learn to flatter.

The fight will last as long as I allow it to last.