One of the things I love about labeling myself as an author is that I can read books and call it "researching writing styles."--Mike Mankoff

Happiness is the feeling we experience when we are too busy to be miserable.

There is no other force, no other determining factor, no external cause to the cohesive unfolding of your life’s episodes – only your composite inner nature. Change that and you change your life.

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.

Placed on this isthmus of a middle state.

Listen to the lyrics - we're singing about everyday life: rich people trying to keep money, poor people tying to get it, and everyone having trouble with their husband or wife!

Sailed this day nineteen leagues, and determined to count less than the true number, that the crew might not be dismayed if the voyage should prove long.

Self-awareness and self-esteem. Those aren't female issues, those are human issues.

Whenever we see an unprotected piece we must keep our eyes peeled because this is one of the most important ingredients of a combination.

A man is never as big as when he is on his knees to help a child.

The main factor in meditation is to keep the mind active in its own pursuit without taking in external impressions or thinking of other matters.