The first rule of self control is never to put yourself in a position where you have to practice self control

Listen to the whispers or soon you will be listening to the screams.

If you can't trust, you can't be trustworthy.

In order to truly give to others, you have to give to yourself first.

I think you earn your reputation for honesty and integrity literally hour-by-hour, and taste for that matter.

I'm a complete worrier. As soon as my head hits the pillow I'm thinking.

The fact disclosed by a survey of the past that majorities have been wrong must not blind us to the complementary fact that majorities have usually not been entirely wrong.

I sketch in a way that people can nearly do the dresses without me coming in for a fitting. Every single detail, every proportion, every cut -- everything.

O Oysters,' said the Carpenter, You've had a pleasant run! Shall we be trotting home again?' But answer came there none - And this was scarcely odd, because They'd eaten every one.

When men lose against me, they always have a headache ... or things of that kind. I have never beaten a completely healthy man!

I find that in a novel I can get more of life, perhaps not such intense life, but certainly more of life than in poetry.