Sudden money is going from zero to two hundred dollars a week. The rest doesn't count.

If you can go through life without experiencing pain you probably haven't been born yet.

If no one ever took risks, Michaelangelo would have painted the Sistine floor.

Talent is the gift plus the passion - a desire to succeed so intense that no force on earth can stop it.

Once you start compromising your thoughts, you're a candidate for mediocrity.

Never underestimate the stimulation of eccentricity.

It's always painful when you're writing memoirs because you've got to go through the dark places, but it gives you a chance to find out the person you really are, not the person you thought you were.

Take care of him. And make him feel important. And if you can do that, you'll have a happy and wonderful marriage. Like two out of every ten couples.

I love living. I have some problems with my life, but living is the best thing they've come up with so far.

Writing is an escape from a world that crowds me. I like being alone in a room. It's almost a form of meditation- an investigation of my own life.

I was constantly being dragged out of movies for laughing too loud.

It is not fit that I should give myself pain, for I have never intentionally given pain even to another.

A disciple does not ask, "How much can I keep?" but, "How much more can I give?" Whenever we start to get comfortable with our level of giving, it's time to raise it again.

Self-awareness of one’s faults, far from being the first step to growth, is very often the second foot in the mud.

I was a latchkey kid, so when I saw the 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, ' that showed me that there was a different type of lifestyle out there. I was curious about it and amazed about it.

Not the maker of plans and promises, but rather the one who offers faithful service in small matters. This is the person who is most likely to achieve what is good and lasting.

Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.

Just as with cars, it's critical to know the fuel efficiency of black holes.

A lot of composers I know hate temp scores because people get attached to them.

Part of the American dream is to own your own property - something no one can.