I think I realized early on that my family wasn't like other families.

Love didn't always solve the problem; sometimes it became the problem.

Prosecutors say my father was the biggest crime boss in the nation... If you really want to know what John Gotti was like, you need to talk to my family. We lived this life.

My existence was never a Francis Ford Coppola existence.

I would lay awake nights and cry a lot thinking, is my dad gonna come home? Is he gonna go to jail again? Is he going to get killed?

Well, I'm a writer by nature, and I got a little bit - a little taste of a daily fast-paced writing job, writing career, and I loved it.

The public saw my father right out of central casting. He looked the part, acted the part... he was the part! The real life Godfather.

God hears a mother's prayer.

I do get most of the harder-to-get stories.

The first step to happiness and personal mastery is to start now.

Our terminal decline into old age and death stems from the fine print of the contract that we signed with our mitochondria two billion years ago.

Leaders do not sway with the polls. Instead, they sway the polls through their own words and actions.

If you can play, you can play anything. I don't like classifications.

I think England will win a Test. My concern is Australia will probably win two.

I have to deal with seven ex-stray dogs, and one ex-stray cat. One dog is nearing nineteen years old. Before I go to teach, he likes for me to tell him bedtime stories.

The mightiest love was granted him Love that does not expect to be loved.

What separates great jazz musicians from average ones is Taste. Those who have taste consistently choose notes, tempos, timbres and voicings that seduce and satisfy attentive listeners.

One Chinese tweet is equal to 3.5 English tweets. ... Because of this, the Chinese really regard this microblogging as a media, not only a headline to media.

Yes, older drivers are more likely to injure themselves and others when they get behind the wheel. But if you take that away, that is really the last lifeline a lot of elderly people have.