Good listeners are perceived as good conversationalists.

Good things come to those who initiate.

The rewards go to the risk-takers, those who are willing to put their egos on the line and reach out to other people and to a richer, fuller life for themselves.

It's not what you know or who you know, but who knows you.

Networking is an enrichment program, not an entitlement program.

They say, You can't give a smile away; it always comes back. The same is true of a kind word or a conversation starter. What goes around, comes around.

Small talk is the biggest talk we do.

The time spent identifying your base of contacts is an investment in your success and the success of others with whom you share your resources.

Be yourself' is good advice, unless you notice that people are always excusing themselves and moving away from you. In that case, try being someone else!

Conversation takes practice; the more we do it, the better we get, and the more easily we do it.

Respect for people is the cornerstone of communication and networking.

Seduction begins with insinuation, what may happen, not what is, what you may become to the person, not today what you are.

Nowadays, it's hard to find the best horror and to be interesting and to be afraid of it!

Humility of the soul

Warriors want a worthy opponent. There is no redress in fighting the pathetic.

You don't smear somebody as a racist when there is obviously nothing there.

What I have learned from working with plants over the years is that the big leafed plants are the best to absorb the energy so I like philodendrons very, very much.

I'm convinced from what I know of Vernon Bundy that his testimony was truthful.

Everybody knows that I don't have a muse. I'm not interested in that.

There used to be this real sense of community integrity in rock. It has really eroded. Everyone seems to be on their own now.

Writing about racism requires a directness that writing a love story does not.