Perseverance and tact are the two most important qualities for the individual who wants to move ahead.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

The secret of success is constancy of purpose.

Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.

Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.

Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.

Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.

Never complain and never explain.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Everyone wants a piece of you. The trick is what piece to give.

I tell her that the best thing to do when you fall is to get up, And she is up, so she's moving in the right direction.

I think our material is our lives. That's part of being a modern writer, and we have to use it.

In life we want to challenge ourselves...

I've done a lot of collaboration over the years, but right now I'm enjoying writing by myself and just being me again for a while.

When all your muscles are properly developed, you will, as a matter of course, perform your work with minimum effort and maximum pleasure.

Jane's stories are extremely sensible. Then Diana puts too many murders into hers. She says most of the time she doesn't know what to do with the people so she kills them off to get rid of them.

When feminists become saints, we will become their pupils.

If there's anything disgusting about the movie business, it's the whoredom of my peers.

Getting the first win is very important. I think that takes a lot of pressure off going forward.