I never let anyone sucker me, not even for a nickel.

I never let anyone sucker me, not even for a nickel.

I was a functional addict.

Everything must change, everything must move forward.

Me, I walk along and feel quietly defensive, a recluse in the Land of We. That's quite the loaded word, 'we.'

My relationship to food is that of an acrophobe to a bridge. Unease masks a desire to jump.

If you are not moving closer to what you want, you probably aren't doing enough asking. And you're probably not asking the single most important question that can help you achieve a higher level of success and personal fulfillment: How am I doing?

Design adds value faster than it adds costs.

The useful and the beautiful are never separated.

I wish I had the nerve not to tip.

Nothingness lies coiled in the heart of being like a worm.

I couldn't comprehend a 35-year-old woman gravitating toward a 70-year-old man.

Barack Obama has come closer than any figure in recent history to obeying a direct call of the people to the brutal and bloody fields of political mission.

Success is not measured by what you accomplish but by the opposition you have encountered, and the courage with which you have maintained the struggle against overwhelming odds.

It's so important to encourage the use of suncream, tan in a bottle and the disuse of sunbeds which are known world-wide as causes of skin cancer.

He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face.

Seeing sites and features in places where we never looked or never thought things might exist is causing archaeologists across the world to think deeper about their sites or entire cultures.

I don't set out to transmit a message. I don't write with a political point of view. There are no religious overtones. Looking back at my books, I can say, 'Oh, yes, it is there.' But it's not in my mind when I write.

First of all, I'd like to say here the fact that I'm not naturally a craftsman has made me work very hard.

Practically and commercially speaking, a dollar is not necessarily a specific thing, made of silver, or gold, or any other single metal, or substance. It is only such a quantum of market value as exists in a given piece of silver or gold.

Measuring how hard your team is working by counting the number of hours they work or what time they get in and leave is how amateurs run companies.

The cinema, as literature, as all the plastic arts, do not exist outside of a critical system that allows us to study them.

To tell the truth, fairytales have never gone out of style. They have been told and retold for thousands of years, finding new shapes and structures with each new generation of tellers.

A great book should leave you with many experiences and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

Everyone that steps on to the ladder of success must have hope. Without it, no one is able to reach the top.

A novel is, hopefully, the starting point of a conversation, one in which the author engages readers and asks that they see things from a different point of view than they might otherwise.