Sinatra invited me once to his birthday party in L.A. I was young, and I felt great about it. But when I got there, the Rat Pack were all in the kitchen laughing their heads off.

I think if you have a passion for what you do then there are no limitations on how long or how much you can accomplish.

I have an awful lot to learn. My dream is to get better and better as I get older.

I've taken stuff from people, too. You know though, if you steal from one person, you're just a thief. But if you steal from everyone, that's research.

If you follow your passion, you'll never work a day in your life.

Someday, when I'm awfully low, and the world is cold, I will feel a glow just thinking of you, and the way you look tonight.

To work is to feel alive.

"Benedetto" means the "blessed one" and I feel that I have truly been blessed.

When the uncreative tell the creative what to do, it stops being art.

My goal as a creative person is to express truth and beauty in whatever I do

I can't ask for more out of life, and the more I learn, the less I know.

No matter what you do in life, some people will hate you. So why not make the decisions that could bring joy to your heart?

If it was appropriate to judge a person based on her footwear - and it obviously was - I decided I liked her immediately.

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.

He held his seat a friend to human race.

God isn't compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.

When we begin to believe that there is greater joy in working with and for others, rather than just for ourselves, then our society will truly become a place of celebration.

Real leadership means tackling tough problems ourselves and not leaving them to our children.

Wherever a mom goes, a prayer has been already there.

Separation is painful, and there's such a thing as doing it too much - the limits are how much it hurts.

I've come to accept who my readers turn out to be, rather than having some sort of demographic target.