There is such a thing as bad publicity.

The best proof of love is trust.

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.

There's a very positive relationship between people's ability to accomplish any task and the time they're willing to spend on it.

Trust your hunches... Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get my mind around it at all.

When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

If you pray, you purify your heart.

The difference between black and white is Grace!" EL

Freedom within is embodied in things as well as people. Like coins tossed into a wishing well, they contain our hopes and dreams.

It's actually cool to be positive and optimistic and idealistic. It's cool to see yourself doing beautiful, great things.

The free trade movement in the middle of the last century represents the first conscious recognition of these new circumstances and of the necessity to adapt to them.

Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field.

I just need to enjoy the moment... I just fight I know I'm going to go out there and perform my best.

Writing is something that I am ever driven to do, and concerning which I am never satisfied.

The national anthem of hell is, "I Did It My Way."

Lady, with me, with me thy fortune lies.