You need to feel good about yourself, the motivation has to come from within. You have nobody to fall back on except yourself.

I'd be nervous about skiing, wondering what I'd do if I felt shaky on top of a mountain; but other diabetics do ski, so there's no reason I couldn't.

I like school very much, and I'll go to college if my career slows down. But kids go to college to be where I am today. Not to put college down, but for me, it would be digressing.

People are never quiet. It's go, go, go. I'm a go-getter, but you need rest and silence, just to sit around and think about things.

I know all the critics.

I'm a lot luckier than most people, although I used to look at it the other way around-that so many people seemed luckier than me.

I'm a normal teen-ager except for my size.

Chase leaned on the table, staring Sammy straight in the eye. "If you ever, ever try to harm my mate again, in any way, no matter how indirectly, I will find you.

A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influence to change.

To be happy drop the words "if only" and substitute instead the words "next time."

The Brooklyn Bridge and I grew up together.

You've got forever; and somehow you can't do much with it. You've got forever; and it's a mile wide and an inch deep and full of alligators.

I am breathing in and out. Realizing this, I began to notice that each moment was not without its beauty.

It is good to be busy. Being busy takes our mind off being in love at the wrong time, in the wrong place and with the wrong guy.

You want to suggest something new, but at the same time, resolve the drama of the action in the novel.

Puritans will never believe it, but life is full of disagreeable things that aren't even good for you.

I love to cook. My dad's a really excellent cook and his style is: Look in the fridge and make whatever there is with whatever ingredients you have and I like cooking like that, too.