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

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.

There's a statistical theory that if you gave a million monkeys typewriters and set them to work, they'd eventually come up with the complete works of Shakespeare. Thanks to the Internet, we now know this isn't true.

It was easier to do Shakespeare than a lot of modern movie scripts that are so poorly written.

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.

The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and I'm not denying they exist. But it's a far more philistine country than people think.

A Shakespeare could have arisen only on English soil. In the same way, your great dramatists and poets express the nature and essence of the Norwegian people, but they also express that which is universally valid for all mankind.

Characters are an extreme form in Shakespeare's theater.

Shakespeare, who is probably the greatest writer and poet of the English language, lived in a time that was politically very conservative and it's reflected in his writings.

When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it was supposed to get up and move around.

Shakespeare is the one who gets re-interpreted most frequently.