Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself. Think one customer at a time and take care of each one the best way you can.

Worry about being better; bigger will take care of itself

I don't know what makes a good feature story. I've always assumed that if it was a story that interested or amused me, that it would have the same impact on other people.

I don't mean to sound like a cheap prostitute, but you can call me what you like.

If you are on the right path you will find that invisible hands are helping.

When politeness is used to show up other people, it is reclassified as rudeness. Thus it is technically impossible to be too polite.

When you've got good writing, you can kind of give up all the research, in a way, and start just following the emotional integrity of the journey of your character.

Now and then it is a joy to have one's table red with wine and roses.

I love to hate [Wall Street] it, and I like it. I love the fact that I hate it and like it at the same time. Plus, Gordon Gekko is now [Donald] Trump, isn't he?

Now and then it's clear to me, that need is love, and love is need.

I know whatever God means for me to have He'll give it to me. And if it takes too much sweat I don't need it.

The simplest rudiment of mystical experience would seem to be that deepened sense of the significance of a maxim or formula which occasionally sweeps over one.