Revenge is always the weak pleasure of a little and narrow mind.

Life is like a camera. Focus on what's important. Capture the good times. And if things don't work out, just take another shot.

Life is like an elevator. On your way up, sometimes you have to stop and let some people off.

Don't judge someone's attitude until you've felt their pain.

Be careful who you trust, the devil was once an angel.

Trust is earned, respect is given, and loyalty is demonstrated. Betrayal of any one of those is to lose all three.

One of the hardest decisions you'll ever face in life is choosing whether to walk away or try harder.

Be strong enough to stand alone, smart enough to know when you need help, and brave enough to ask for it.

Listen to what people say when they are mad, that's when the truth comes out.

A negative mind will never give you a positive life.

Any definition of a successful life must include service to others.

The lonely? Where's that from?Sadness' best friend. Sadness broughtit along and I couldn't turn it away, soI let it multiply in my pulse instead.

I alternate between thinking of the planet as home - dear and familiar stone hearth and garden - and as a hard land of exile in which we are all sojourners.

Only hard work will make you prosper

I always read poetry before I write, to sensitize me to the rhythms and music of language.

Art, especially the stage, is an area where it is impossible to walk without stumbling.

We limit our success when we mistake the limits of our perception for reality.

The urge to consume is fathered by the value system which emphasizes the ability of the society to produce.

My child has done nothing wrong apart from being born to a mother like me

I am thoroughly sick of pearls. They make one look so plain, so good and so intellectual.

The New York Times credited me with the rediscovery and revival of red velvet cake. I consider this as one of my great life achievements.