You spend so much time in your profession it ought to be something you love.

To succeed, one must be creative and persistent.

Its better to get smart than to get mad. I try not to get so insulted that I will not take advantage of an opportunity to persuade people to change their minds.

If you can somehow think and dream of success in small steps, every time you make a step, every time you accomplish a small goal, it gives you confidence to go on from there.

When I see a barrier, I cry and I curse, and then I get a ladder and climb over it.

Dream small dreams. If you make them too big, you get overwhelmed and you don't do anything. If you make small goals and accomplish them, it gives you the confidence to go on to higher goals.

Long shots do come in and hard work, dedication and perseverance will overcome almost any prejudice and open almost any door.

I believe the greater the handicap, the greater the triumph.

There is a wisdom in the body that is older and more reliable than clocks and calendars.

Failure is a word I don't accept.

My mother was the influence in my life. She was strong; she had great faith in the ultimate triumph of justice and hard work. She believed passionately in education.

When we are collecting books, we are collecting happiness.

Leadership. Where the greatest also has a mentor.

Sometimes it is necessary to step into darkness alone and find your way back. To carry something with you into light you could not have found anywhere else.

The brave man is not he who feels no fear For that were stupid and irrational But he whose noble soul its fear subdues And barely dares the danger nature shrinks from.

An autobiography usually reveals nothing bad about its writer except his memory.

I don't let things go unless I'm ready for them to go.

The objective laws of form and color help to strengthen a person's powers and to expand his creative gift.

I think I do believe in the afterlife; I have heard stories from people who I can completely trust that have seen ghosts.

Well, unbeknownst to everybody, I did a movie when I was 19.

What feminism did was make clear for me how much I longed for clarity. I got married twice, each time in a fog. I had so many complicated feelings I couldn't understand.