There are old riders and bold riders, but no old bold riders.

my major form of exercise is jumping to conclusions.

When I began writing, the words that inspired me were these: A writer is someone who has written today. If you want to be a writer, whats stopping you?

Jealousy is an emotion. It doesn't have to make sense. In fact, it usually doesn't.

Give the girl an inch and she thinks she's a ruler.

A writer is someone who has written something today

When you have an important story to tell, the words you need seem to come of their own accord.

Beyond a certain point, that was all a mother could do for her children - Hang around long enough to drive them crazy.

As I get older, the things I'm sure of become fewer.

I now can be sure that, once I start writing a book, I'll be able to finish it. I've also become more assured about my 'voice' as a writer and being able to keep the characters true to themselves.

I've been writing for a long time. I sat down to write my first novel in the middle of March of 1982.

The lustful glances thrown his way made me wish he wasn’t such a damned bowl of eye candy."- Cat re: Bones

High altitude astronomy is a strange world of oxygen starvation, sleep deprivation and radiation sickness.

In photographs of us together, she is always looking at the camera, and I am always looking at her.

Who shall I shoot? You choose. Now, listen very carefully: where's your coffee? You've got coffee, haven't you? C'mon, everyone's got coffee! Spill the beans!

I've never worked with an acting coach, no.

I worry about protectionists, which is another way of saying less competition, less trade around the world. And I view those as twins of negativity.

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.

It's a cold world when no one will touch you.

Beauty comes in all ages, colors, shapes, and forms. God never makes junk.

I don't understand why the press is so interested in speculating about my appearance, anyway. What does my face have to do with my music or my dancing?