Every day is precious. You will never live THIS day again. It is ONE event in human history. Why not make it count? Time is a nonrenewable resource.

Persistence can look a lot like stupid.

It takes great courage to write great books. Find your courage and find your voice.

The surest path to success is to learn to have a healthy relationship with failure. If we aren't failing, then we aren't doing anything interesting.

These days. Most of us have the attention span of a meth-addicted squirrel.

Happiness has to exist in the mind before it can exist in life

We spend our lives waiting for our book and it never comes.

It's nice when little teams win.

For me, it’s not about breaking big in Hollywood, but having interesting experiences.

I had been introduced to psychotherapy, in which the doctors let you talk, talk, talk, until you find the source of your problem or find another doctor.

Ability hits the mark where presumption overshoots and diffidence falls short.

When dissonance is present, in addition to trying to reduce it, the person will actively avoid situations and information which would likely increase the dissonance.

Had I not had my grandmother, who dared to be my rainbow in the clouds, I would have been just another sexually abused barefoot black girl on the roads of Arkansas.

Each and every being has an innate ability to heal as a gift from the gods.

I have to say that the traditional role is kind of a myth. I think the traditional Mexican woman is a fierce woman.