Unhappy times are the best for levity. You don't light candles in the middle of the day, do you?

...the more of a fool a man is, the less he cares to look like one

You make yourself too hard, you make yourself brittle too. Crack once, crack all to pieces

Waiting. Like it or not, it's a skill all spies have to master eventually.

Men know that women are an overmatch for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or the most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.

Live in the present. It won't last too long.

Taking care of yourself, taking time for yourself & rewarding yourself is NOT selfish. It’s important & absolutely necessary!

Writing a novel is like heading out over the open sea in a small boat. It helps, if you have a plan and a course laid out.

What is a man? What is a woman? And why do we have to be one or the other?

We have made it impossible for children to fall very far—and in so doing, we have robbed them of the joys of climbing high.

Hip-hop, you're close to 50. When can we grow up?

I find my inspiration in myself.