Take advantage of the ambiguity in the world. Look at something and think what else it might be.

Remember the two benefits of failure. First, if you do fail, you learn what doesn't work; and second, the failure gives you the opportunity to try a new approach.

Life is like a maze in which you try to avoid the exit.

Everyone has a 'risk muscle.' You keep it in shape by trying new things. If you don't, it atrophies. Make a point of using it at least once a day.

Going to a junkyard is a sobering experience. There you can see the ultimate destination of almost everything we desired.

Most people think of success and failure as opposites, but they both are products of the same process.

It's easy to come up with new ideas; the hard part is letting go of what worked for you two years ago, but will soon be out-of-date.

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

What excuses stand in your way? How can you eliminate them?

Flexibility is a requirement for survival.

Most brilliance arises from ordinary people working together in extraordinary ways.

Prayer is apath.

The sea of reporters on her lawn made Loretta Brooks do a double take.

But there's nothing wrong with being scared. I think everyone's a little scared. Even the government.

Few celebrate a dog who jumps at people as they approach--but start with the premise that it is we who keep ourselves (and our faces) unbearably far away, and we can come to a mutual understanding.

You have to have sharp elbows if you want to change something.

Being religious is quintessentially American.

Recognize success with thanksgiving and build more success on that.

I'm having a great life, and I want to go on having one.

In death, as in sleep, I am all things.

And that doesn't cost any money, to have decent relationships and viable situations. What costs money is car chases and shoot-outs, so I always thought that the thing to work on was the characters.