Daily ripples of excellence -over time- become a tsunami of success

Cell phones, mobile e-mail, and all the other cool and slick gadgets can cause massive losses in our creative output and overall productivity.

Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.

What the society thinks is of no interest to me. All that's important is how I see myself. I know who who I am. I know the value of my work.

We need to sharpen our focus & live to the point just like a pencil.

Your "I CAN" is more important than your IQ.

Give out what you most want to come back.

I take a massage each week. This isn't an indulgence, it's an investment in your full creative expression/productivity/passion and sustained good health.

The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.

A person without self-expression is a person without personal freedom.

Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.

The goal of leadership is not to be likable or loved but to be proven trustworthy and respected.

I suppose I'm happy to sell my time and energy, but I'm not happy to sell my initial creative time.

Some people talk the talk and walk the walk while I'm silently running.

I don't have a set routine, but I try to squeeze in a workout every day, whether it's taking a hike, taking a Pilates class, or just putting in a workout DVD. Whatever it takes!

A demanding performance challenge tends to create a team.

I would never have been a novelist without working as a psychologist...it was a great education in human nature.

A gentleman can never have too many bow ties.

The things that go on in my head are far more interesting than what actually happens.

The NAACP should have riot rehearsals.

Delusion will vanish as the light becomes more and more effulgent, load after load of ignorance will vanish, and then will come a time when all else has disappeared and the sun alone shines.