Plot is just a fancy way of saying 'and then.

You see a lot of smart guys with dumb women, but you hardly ever see a smart woman with a dumb guy.

Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

And the trouble is, if you don't risk anything, you risk even more.

I have accepted fear as a part of life - specifically the fear of change... I have gone ahead despite the pounding in the heart that says: turn back.

The stones themselves are thick with history, and those cats that dash through the alleyways must surely be the ghosts of the famous dead in feline disguise.

Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow the talent to the dark place where it leads.

Ambivalence is a wonderful tune to dance to. It has a rhythm all its own.

Take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame.

How wonderful to have someone to blame! How wonderful to live with one's nemesis! You may be miserable, but you feel forever in the right.

My generation was not only maligned in book reviews and attacked in graduate school but we lived to see our adored and adorable daughters wonder why feminism had become a dirty word.

Nothing can be the total truth in the worlds of manifestation and the more solid your concepts, the more likely they are going to sink you, sooner or later.

My father said to remember your enemies as well as your friends, and don't trust either of them.

I've learned the importance of loving what you do. I have also learned more patience due to the nature of the music business.

Each decade, I've lived in that decade, so I could easily shed the '20s, the '30s, the '40s.

The boss inspires fear; the leader inspires enthusiasm. The boss says 'I'; The leader says 'We'.

Honesty is the best policy, says the familiar axiom; but people who are honest on that principle defraud no one but themselves.

Getting to the linebackers is difficult. Blocking them is another challenge.

In accordance with the divine wisdom, genesis can only take place through destruction.

I was surprised how I was feeling on the court because I was focused only on the point and on the game and not on the final.

An optimist is someone who figures that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's the bluebird of happiness.