Stories are not about ideas, gimmicks, or places. Stories are about people. People are about feelings!

The goal is not writing. The goal is being a human being writing.

What other people think is important to them. What you think has great importance to you.

Nina was about to snap that she didn't appreciate the sarcasm when she saw the expression on his face. He looked like someone had just given him a tuba full of puppies.

I've just learned about his illness let's hope it's nothing trivial.

When you've been touched by sadness and grief, it makes you vulnerable. And because I am vulnerable, I try to be positive. And when I say 'try, ' I really do mean try, because it's an effort.

The best help that benevolence and philanthropy can give is that which induces everybody to help himself.

Because I was born in Casablanca and my parents were from the south of Spain, I do not have a big central root in France. I feel French but in a few ways, not at all French.

Love is happy when it is able to give something. The ego is happy when it is able to take something.

Sometimes, what is right for you at the beginning of your life is not the right thing for you at the end of your life.

If you want an active schedule, you have to husband your time so you can act on the things that are important.

Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.