A new habit is more likely to become ingrained if it’s easy, hence start with very small first steps and establish them.

Habits are regular practices or routines that define our whole life and the outcomes we achieve; therefore, they are the concept of self-improvement.

Small habit changes can produce outsized effects that improve or degrade quality of life.

Good habits yield positive results over the long term. Bad habits only bring short-term gain.

Bad habits repeat themselves again and again not because I don’t want to change, but because I have the wrong system for change.

My habits are intertwined with my personal identity.

If I want to break a bad habit it is useful to use a commitment device, this is a preventative measure to limits future actions.

All my outcomes are a delayed reaction to my long-standing habits. If I want to change my outcomes, I need to change my habits.

How I talk about a new habit, even to myself, affects the implementation of the habit. With the right mindset and a clear vision “Why do I want to implement a new habit?”, it will become much easier and successful.

Environments can be designed to better support good habits or establish new habits.

Changes that seem small and unimportant at first will compound into remarkable results if I’m willing to stick with them.

If I want better results, then forget about setting goals. Focus on my system instead.

The most effective way to change my habits is to focus not on what I want to achieve, but on who I wish to become.

The Four Laws of Behavior Change are a simple set of rules we can use to build better habits. They are 1. make it obvious 2. make it attractive 3. make it easy 4 make it satisfying

My environment is the invisible hand that shapes my behavior.

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Most of my books have been written in the form of fantasy.

I just look around and say, I'm a mess. I don't know why I do things.

To speak ill of others is a dishonest way of praising ourselves. Nothing is often a good thing to say, and always a clever thing to say.

What I like about South Florida is there's a good quality of life here; the cost of living is much lower than Silicon Valley.

Genius is the capacity for productive reaction against one's training.

If we were the last two people alive on earth wed make celibacy the new national pasttime.

Don't go away. I don't want to be alone. I can't stand being alone.

I've always loved to write, and I kept a diary of what I thought about my business, being an entrepreneur and other things of interest to me.

Breaking of norms and disregard for decency have huge long term costs.

I often buy myself presents. Sometimes I will spend $100,000 in one day in a posh boutique.

I'm the cofounder of Keep a Child Alive. We provide medicine for families affected by HIV and AIDS in places like Africa and India.

When I was younger, I thought of myself as a Nixon Republican because he was the anti-Communist.

I think American industry has lost perspective about their products.

I don't want to be partisan here. But please, tell me how you get out of a business recession by raising business taxes and regulations?

I believe certain members of the U.S. Congress have aided in the oppression and diversion of critical information that could have revealed a fullness of truth long ago.

I'm not great at dating, but I need to do it to relax.

Personality is the most important thing to an actress's success.

I've mellowed quite quickly.

I came up through the theater. I came out of drama college and started working in the professional theater.

I've always basically done everything that's been offered to me. I'm one of the few actors who enjoy working a lot.

I have been the struggler of the century. Fortunately, everyone loves the underdog.

I like to think I'm multi-faceted. Actually, my favorite roles are roles like in 'Far from Heaven.' Y'know. Soft people. Loving people.

Although when I start a novel I know how it will begin and end, I like to let the people within the story take me on a journey between those points without having a fixed plan.

Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids to think and you don't trust yourself to be able to talk to them.