Whenever you see me somewhere succeeding in one area of my life, that almost certainly means I am failing in another area of my life.

You can waste your lives drawing lines. Or you can live your life crossing them.

The best stories are often true...The narrative of human life is most beautiful when told truthfully and without boundaries.

Perfect is boring and dreams are not real. Just... do. So you think, "I wish I could travel." Great. Sell your crappy car, buy a ticket to Bangkok, and go. Right now. I'm serious.

I think a lot of people dream. And while they are busy dreaming, the really happy people, the really successful people, the really interesting, engaged, powerful people, are busy doing.

The only limit to success is your own imagination.

The expected is what keeps us steady. It's the unexpected that changes our lives forever.

Cynicism is a choice. Optimism is a better choice.

Nobody got anything great by playing it safe.

Ditch the dream and be a doer.

Boundaries don't keep other people out, they fence you in.

You're allowed to have thoughts, she reminded herself. Just because others might scoff, that doesn't mean you won't anymore.

I arrived in California with no job, no car, and no money, but, like millions of other girls, a dream.

Some times I need to apologize, sometimes I need to admit that I ain't right, sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut, or only say hello, sometimes I still feel I'm walking alone.

Writing fiction, there are no limits to what you write as long as it increases the value of the paper you are writing on.

The implication that there was something wrong with the war plan is amusing.

I've never written the things I'd like to write that I've admired all my life. Maybe one never does.

No matter what his rank or position may be, the lover of books is the richest and the happiest of the children of men.

Most authors have one idea per book. Shakespeare had two per sentence.

Anyone can read the news to you. I promise to feel the news at you.

I'm always trying to turn things upside down and see if they look any better.