Success is measured with 1% inspiration and 99% dedication.

Perfection should generally be avoided in a character. Real people, such as your readers, aren’t flawless and chances are they are not going to be able to fully identify with a character who is.

I lie there for a while in the dusk, then make a decision, little knowing how it will affect every facet of my life and fiber of my being for the rest of my life: I say no to shame.

When I die, I will see the lining of the world. The other side, beyond bird, mountain, sunset.

I've always wanted a C trumpet on top, to have that same kind of facility without shouting.

I like playing my Tamagotchi and Game Boy. They take me back to the old days when times were more simple.

Haiti was founded by African slaves who rose against their European masters, had a revolution, and created a new state. There is no other such event in Western history.

I've been going to China every year now for more than a decade.

I have had to empty two family homes during the last few years - first, the house that had been my grandmothers since 1923, and then my own country home, which we had lived in for over twenty years.

Integrity is not what you APPEAR to be when all eyes are on you. It is who you ARE when no one is looking.