What interferes with this peaceful feeling is our expectation of reciprocity.

Don't sweat the small stuff...and it's all small stuff.

Every day, tell at least one person something you like, admire, or appreciate about them.

The trick is to be grateful when your mood is high and graceful when it is low.

Choose to be kind over being right and you'll be right everytime.

...when you let go of your expectations, when you accept life as it is, you're free.To hold on is to be serious and uptight. To let go is to lighten up.

Children listen best with their eyes. What you do is what they hear.

Reflection is one of the most underused yet powerful tools for success.

Ironically, when you surrender your need to hog the glory, the attention you used to need from other people is replaced by a quiet inner confidence that is derived from letting others have it.

Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way to learn, relax, and even escape. So, enough about the virtues of reading. Time to read on.

Many people spend their entire lifetimes wishing that other people would acknowledge them. They feel this especially about their parents, spouses, children, and friends.

There are literally billions of people on earth. There are some that won’t admit it, but all of those people want friends.

I still have dreams about CBGB's. I still miss the place.

Israel will not tolerate a situation in which Iran has effective control of non-conventional weapons that can be used directly against the state of Israel.

I think New York will always be this incredible international crossroads, and I don't think that will ever change.

When I begin a story at my desk, the window to my back, the path is not there. As I start to walk, I make the path.

The temples perish, but the God still lives.

A lot of time you write out of some unconscious place. I try to trust what is coming and where it wants to take me.

There are people in the world who 1,000% will love you just the way you are. So no matter what, keep that in mind.

Drama is something Im good at, I guess.

True opinions can prevail only if the facts to which they refer are known; if they are not known, false ideas are just as effective as true ones, if not a little more effective.