Part of what's exciting to me about my career is the constant looking forward. Whenever I finish one project, I am looking to what's next.

I don't chase after things, but I put forward the effort and know the rest of it is out of my hands.

I don't necessarily self-identify as a writer, 'cause it implies a certain level of intelligence.

The thing about narcissistic people is that they don't think they're being narcissistic.

Your harshest critic is always going to be yourself. Don't ignore that critic, but don't give it more attention than it deserves.

I take my coffee like I take my women... strong... black... and proud.

Internet fame is like regular fame only without all the annoying 'money' and 'power.'

Super excited about things I'm going to do; never excited about things I'm actually doing.

You have to lead, in the case of a game show, a contestant through the architecture of the show. So there's a lot of rules there, literal and implied, that you have to navigate.

Whatever I write I publish. Because that's where the money is.

Shuffling really isn't something you should be doing on your deathbed.

What saves us all are the deeds of fools as often as the acts of the wise.

NASA projects often have romantic names that link into a long history of exploration and adventure: Atlantis and Discovery, for example.

A society that does not correctly interpret and appreciate its past cannot understand its present fortunes and adversities and can be caught unawares in a fast changing world.

New Orleans is the only city in the world you go in to buy a pair of nylon stockings they want to know your head size.

If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy.

Time is shortening. But every day that I challenge this cancer and survive is a victory for me.

All emotion is involuntary when genuine.

I'm a grandmother, and a mighty proud one.

Life is like skiing. Just like skiing, the goal is not to get to the bottom of the hill. It's to have a bunch of good runs before the sun sets.

You do not need to do anything first to be enlightened.