The only genius that's worth anything is the genius for hard work.

Most people are so busy knocking themselves out trying to do everything they think they should, they never get around to do what they want to do.

Charm is the ability to make someone else think that both of you are pretty wonderful.

There's an old press-agents' slogan that's good advice: Don't read your publicity - weigh it.

I think Americans love success - but hate the people who have it.

the end of anything is a relief. In every relationship, even the most valuable, there are certain unpleasant tensions - and the ending of it snaps those taut inner wires.

War makes strangers bedfellows.

Half the joys and half the sorrows of this world are discovered in bed.

Everything matters, but nothing matters very much.

There's one thing I've always known: You can let people suspect anything else about you, but you must never let them suspect you of knowing what you're doing.

... maybe that's all anyone who writes or paints or sculpts is doing anyway -- excusing themselves for refusing to live like other people or be like them.

but at the end of the day, who I come home to, who I share my accomplishments with is what makes the struggle worth it

Live fast, die young, leave a good looking corpse.

Life is made up of sobs sniffles and smiles with sniffles predominating.

A social impact bond is a new way of bringing financing into social and environmental support issues.

I had a real stage school voice and I could do loud things, but it's not about being loud, it's about sensitivity and subtlety in music. You can do so much more with a quiet voice than with a belter.

I really want to help write women back into history.

Spend more time building your character than trying to build your platform.

I occupy much of my time in theological studies for which I have a natural inclination.

Open your hearts to the love God instills . . . God loves you tenderly. What He gives you is not to be kept under lock and key, but to be shared.

If I could do what I want with my eyes alone, I would be happy.