I've never lived in a building without my name on it.

Work is changing for men as much as it is for women.

Success isn’t something that happens to you; you happen to it.

I'm not a clone, and I'm not a minion.

It's very hard to be great at what you do if you aren't deeply passionate.

I've never had a sense of entitlement. I saw how hard my father worked for his money, and it was always made very clear to me that things wouldn't just be given to me.

Everything about mediocrity kills me.

I set very bold goals. It's how I've always been. I'm definitely somebody who swings for the fences, and I expect very high performance.

People underestimate me, and that's fine. I prefer to go into negotiations being underestimated.

It's important to get in the habit of growing as a human being, developing and refining leadership and management skills and entrepreneurial instincts and changing to accommodate the times.

If people think they can elicit from me whatever terms they want, they are mistaken.

My future was a blank slate and only I could write on it.

In her unworldly voice she thanked them for finally understanding her. She reminded me of a female pirate captain alone on the deck of her sinking ship.

Don't outline your stories. A lot of fiction workshops say you should. I say the opposite. I quote Grace Paley: "We write what we don't know we know."

I loved being in Close Encounters, just to watch Steven Spielberg working was exciting.

The greatest mistake is to continue to practice a mistake.

Text first, rhythm second, melody third.

We used to play baseball back in that field and keep an eye out for the bulls.

We live well enough to have the luxury to get ourselves sick with purely social, psychological stress.

Good people end up in Hell because they can't forgive themselves.

What is patience but an equanimity which enables you to rise superior to the trials of life.