Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it.

I've said this before, and I say it again. Bagels can be an enormous power for good or for evil. It is up to us to decide how we will use them.

The old saw about old dogs and new tricks only applies to certain people.

I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.

I believe it is impossible to make sense of life in this world except through art.

It doesn't matter who you are, or what you've done, or think you can do. There's a confrontation with destiny awaiting you. Somewhere, there is a chile you cannot eat.

Well you know, it's true that as a fat person I run a greater risk of heart disease, diabetes, and a number of other things. But guess what? The amount of that risk is almost infinitessimal!

Some women have said, 'Gee, here I am getting involved with this fat guy, what will people think of me?' But they were converted and sometimes surprised.

Hoboken is a neat place.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

My parents believe in the principle of ‘sink or swim,’ or ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger ― or it kills you.” From “The Education of Robert Nifkin

Beauty will attract a man, but more than it will help you to keep him.

Each time I write, I reaffirm my soul.

The way you deliver the words you say becomes your “vocal image. This "vocal image" can make or break your first impressions, impact your communication, and determine how people respond to you.

Routine is a declivity down which many governments slide, and routine says that freedom of the press is dangerous.

We have the ability to become far more powerful and happy and healthy than we ever dreamed possible. At any age.

The Christian message is not an exhortation - "try hard to be good." Good advice, but there is no saving gospel in that.

If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings.

We must rediscover the habit of thinking the best of each other

People think I'm nuts because I can sit in a room and be happy by myself.

If the mind is open the individual will soon perceive the preciousness of a truth which initially appeared rather dull to him but now is illumined by the spirit's light.