Long-term success is the result of relationships built on a foundation of trust. People get more value from those they trust.

When we look for differences instead of similarities, we create barriers for trust.

The easiest way to maintain happiness is to lower your expectations of other people and raise them of yourself!

Action and flexibility create opportunity

Goals are like the gas in your car, you may go in many different directions after you fill up, but with out the gas you are not going anywhere

Squirrels are just rats with good publicity

Knowledge is not power; Implementation is power

I cannot tolerate my bad behavior in another person for 10 seconds

Most of us forget the basics and wonder why the specifics don't work.

Practice makes polish and polish makes money.

If time heals all wounds, then why are there so many ticked off old people walking around.

People are going to say what they want to say and think what they want to think, and I can't change their minds.

Do not ignore inspiration, it is your guide to self discovery.

I've always been into cars. Cars are part of our genetic makeup. It's unavoidable.

You can never see a plant grow, but they do.

At least 3,527 U.S. monthly records for heat, rain, and snow were broken in 2012. We can't let this continue unchecked, and we don't have to.

I often go to lunch meetings with my agent, a gallerist or a casting director, but if not, I stay at home and prepare my own food because I love to cook. Im great at pasta, fish and nice salads.

I wanted to write about the third world and had the opportunity to go live in the trenches, so to speak.

Keep writing, because not only does practice improve skill, it gives you more chances to score on the market. I did that for eight years before making my first sale.

Workers should have Sundays off because Sunday is for the family. Calling for Sundays to be a holiday.

I don't enjoy any of the process of writing. I enjoy it when it goes on if it zings and it has great warmth and import and it's successful.