I've signed thousands of documents, but never read them.

I’ve always been an entrepreneur, but it’s never been about the money. I like a challenge, the harder the better.

I wake up every morning singing The Star-Spangled Banner.

You help me, I'll help you. That's politics.

Let me tell you, it’s a lot easier to raise money for a governor. They have all kinds of business to hand out, road contracts, construction jobs, you name it.

Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.

People ought to quit talking to the press.

Everyday is a new opportunity.

Anyone in politics would like to have great economic numbers.

I'm focused on this election, I am going full time for Senator Obama. But I never rule anything out. Everyday is a new opportunity. I would like to be Pope if I could.

People like to do politics with me, and they like to do business.

Gratitude is the combination of appreciate, love, kindness, and compassion in a beautiful heart.

We probably lose the battles, but we win the wars!

My sister really drooled a lot when she was younger. For her wedding, I was going to get her one of those lace drool cups that go around the ears.

If a given combination of trees, mountains, water, and houses, say a landscape, is beautiful, it is not so by itself, but because of me, of my favor, of the idea or feeling I attach to it.

I think American literature is in a tedious place, horrible place. I can't even engage with it.

I think I love it more as I get older because I keep getting better on drums, vibes and piano

I'm inspired by watching and listening to people. For example, my first novel, The Scale, came to life after I overheard two women discussing their struggle with their weight at the gym.

You turn your life into a work of art in order to redeem the ordinariness - a condition you are stuck with.

If you fully believe you will be successful and can visualize yourself being successful, you will succeed

If someone needs help, I can offer advice. I'm not always right and people don't always listen.