If I had ever really 'faced the facts' about myself, I never would have reached for even a zillionth of what I've managed to accomplish.

I don't believe in creation by committee. I think it's impossible.

I recognize women are under a lot more stress today. The things you consider stress are also the blessings in your life.

I think you learn about yourself through experiences - as many of them as you can manage.

New York: A third-rate Babylon.

The preservation of health is a duty. Few seem conscious that there is such a thing as physical morality.

Only through art can we emerge from ourselves and know what another person sees.

What is more important than reading books; is reading people's faces.

People can copy what you've done, but they can't copy what you still want to do.

In our country we must trust the people to hear and see both the good and the bad and to choose the good.

Capitalism is not a Ponzi scheme. Capitalism is a scheme of free markets.

Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by its presence and another by its absence.

In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying for readers.

You can insure yourself up to your eyeballs, but if you don't take risks, what's the point? You have to enjoy life.