“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

In polite society, we call our obsessions hobbies.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

A library is a place where you can live a thousand lives. So why are you waiting when you could be living? Visit your library today.

The most important things are the hardest to say. They are the things you get ashamed of, because words diminish them.

If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time to write. Simple as that.

Sooner or later even the fastest runners have to stand and fight.

A little talent is a good thing to have if you want to be a writer. But the only real requirement is the ability to remember every scar.

Sometimes being a bitch is all a woman’s got to hold on to.

Her body was wrapped in shadows like moth wings, like rose-petals.

The past is obdurate.

To write is human, to edit is divine.

No one ever does live happily ever after, but we leave the children to find that out for themselves.

Hurt’s a reason to change, but all the hurt in the world don’t change facts.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.

Great companies are built on great products.

Understand the difference between being at work and working.

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.

If you don’t enjoy it, don’t do it. You must love what you do.

As you reach your goals set new ones. That is how you grow and become a more powerful person.

One percent doubt is zero percent faith.

Why not invest your assets in the companies you really like? As Mae West said, ‘Too much of a good thing can be wonderful.

Action is the real measure of intelligence.