Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

There is such a thing as bad publicity.

The world at large does not judge us by who we are and what we know; it judges us by what we have.

Marriage is not just spiritual communion, it is also remembering to take out the trash.

The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.

Listening, not imitation, may be the sincerest form of flattery.

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the day after.

A strong, positive self-image is the best possible preparation for success.

Love comes when manipulation stops; when you think more about the other person than about his or her reactions to you. When you dare to reveal yourself fully. When you dare to be vulnerable.

I don't give advice. I can't tell anybody what to do. Instead I say this is what we know about this problem at this time. And here are the consequences of these actions.

Trust your hunches. They're usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

The best proof of love is trust.

Virginity is such a personal thing. You can't judge anyone on it. A lot of young women feel they want to save themselves for the man who they think they'll love forever.

Accept that all of us can be hurt, that all of us can and surely will at times fail. Other vulnerabilities, like being embarrassed or risking love, can be terrifying, too. I think we should follow a simple rule: if we can take the worst, take the risk.

As a celebrity, you get a certain number of free passes. You're actually in a better position if you're a celebrity because people care.

If Shakespeare had to go on an author tour to promote Romeo and Juliet, he never would have written Macbeth.

No matter how love-sick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along.

For men to be virgins, we think it's negative. We think that there's something wrong with them.

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life.

Feeling gratitude isn't born in us - it's something we are taught, and in turn, we teach our children.

I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped.

I watched the Trade Center buildings go down from my balcony, and it was a terrifying moment. I couldn't get my mind around it at all.

Marriages, like careers, need constant nurturing... the secret of having it all is loving it all.

Never try to negotiate with anyone after he or she has eaten. People are best persuaded on an empty stomach. And forget power breakfasts. There is no convincing anyone of anything before 10 A.M.

Real intimacy is only possible to the degree that we can be honest about what we are doing and feeling.

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their lives.

The topic of trust is an important factor in all matters of the heart - and here's why. Men lie to women. Women lie to men. And most people agree that some lying is even necessary - to avoid petty squabbles and to grease the wheels of a relationship.

Real intimacy depends on truth lovingly told especially in the bedroom.

Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means that youve become a comfortable trusted element in another persons life.

If your energy is as boundless as your ambition total commitment may be a way of life you should seriously consider.

Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift. The hangover comes the day after.

For some reason we see divorce as a signal of failure despite the fact that each of us has a right and an obligation to rectify any other mistake we make in life.

When you look at your life the greatest happinesses are family happinesses.

No matter how love sick a woman is she shouldnt take the first pill that comes.

My husband and I have never considered divorce. Murder sometimes but never divorce.

Trust your hunches. Hunches are usually based on facts filed away just below the conscious level.

No matter how lovesick a woman is, she shouldn't take the first pill that comes along!

We control fifty percent of a relationship. We influence one hundred percent of it.

There is a rule in sailing where the more maneuverable ship should give way to the less maneuverable craft. I think this is sometimes a good rule to follow in human relationships as well.

I can remember the frustration of not being able to talk. I knew what I wanted to say, but I could not get the words out, so I would just scream.

What I try to do for my readers is to pass on some of the things that I found out about being thirteen after doing it for forty years.

In this watering-place I acted an heroic character, badly studied; and being a novice on such a stage, I forgot my part before a pair of lovely blue eyes.

Young people discovering their sexuality must know they walk with a strong tradition and that they are not alone. They have a right to information without being pressured.

Being a publicist is like management in a lot of ways - you're their friend, you're their mother, you're their confidante.

I mean, all alternative comedy is are comedians that have being doing it for so long, for so long, that they were relaxed enough to start becoming personal on stage.

I became hooked on the idea of being able to shoot an image and process it myself, and end up with a product.

Being a cover artist is not like being a real artist. That's just copying what someone else did.

It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England?