In the 70s and 80s, I made a good living. Have managed my funds carefully, will never have to go out and cadge quarters from the tourists.

Some things are best left a blur. Births and Visa Bills.

When I shop, the world gets better, and the world is better, but then it's not, and I need to do it again. (Confessions of a Shopaholic-the movie)

I chose to publish the first 'Shopaholic' book under a pseudonym because I wanted it to be judged on its own merits.

There comes a time when all the cosmic tumblers have clicked into place - and the universe opens itself up for a few seconds to show you what's possible.

There's no luck in business. There's only drive, determination, and more drive.

Baseball games are like snowflakes and fingerprints, no two are ever alike.

Hardly anybody recognizes the most significant moments of their life at the time they happen.

Life is like an escalator. You see, it carries you on regardless. And you might as well enjoy the view and seize every opportunity while you're passing. Otherwise, it'll be too late.

I had a craving for pineapple and a pink cardigan" - Becky Bloomwood Shopaholic and Baby

Our eyes met in the math class. How were we to know that trigonometry would lead to matrimony?

Stop seeking advice from bitter people, because they would for the most part contribute to making your situation worse.

Humanizing war?! You may as well talk of humanizing Hell. Sir John Fisher

Growing old is like being increasingly penalized for a crime you have not committed.

Where is the Life we have lost in living? Where is the wisdom we have lost in knowledge? Where is the knowledge we have lost in information?

The most important time in life is the present.

I find motivation within myself. I run track not from a competitive Nature, but because I'm a very goal-oriented person.

Your success is determined by how much you can really learn from your failures.

Music might tame and civilize wild beasts, but 'tis evident it never yet could tame and civilize musicians.

It's astonishing what you learn and feel and see along the way. That's why a reporter's job, as you know, is such a joy.

It is not that sport, over-indulged in, coarsens the mind; it is that it dulls it.