You are capable of more than you realize. You are far more capable than you were even 12 months ago. Next year you will be able to do things you can't imagine doing today.

Leadership is knowing what to do next, knowing why that's important, and knowing how to bring the appropriate resources to bear on the need at hand.

Without focusing and getting to clarity you cannot lead. You cannot motivate. You cannot plan. You cannot communicate.

One of the very best ways to keep in touch with your own ups and downs is to keep track of what activities energize you and which drain you - on a regular basis.

Without an adequate answer to the question, "Why?" the price is always to high.

I could not think without writing.

Set your mind free from any negative thoughts.

You are the architect of your life.

But that's the thing, how you feel about the place that's home. About its sky, its air, its smell, the color of the light, the way the rain falls (or doesn't), whether it hot or cold.

Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.

There are so many young talented actors today whose work I respect and admire - Ryan Gosling is probably primary among them. I take inspiration from so many amazing actors.

SHOEBURYNESS (abs.n.) The vague uncomfortable feeling you get when sitting on a seat which is still warm from somebody else's bottom.

For a writer it's a dream to sit and watch people as close as possible.

The greater the share the people have in government, the less liberty, civil or religious, does a nation enjoy.

Writing is a performance, like singing an aria or dancing a jig