We forget all too soon the things we thought we could never forget.

The wind shows us how close to the edge we are.

The willingness to accept responsibility for one's own life is the source from which self-respect springs.

To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.

We are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not.

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Memory fades, memory adjusts, memory conforms to what we think we remember.

The fear is for what is still to be lost.

Do not whine... Do not complain. Work harder. Spend more time alone.

Short stories demand a certain awareness of one's own intentions, a certain narrowing of the focus.

Of course great hotels have always been social ideas, flawless mirrors to the particular societies they service.

Leaders heal

—the longer you silence a violin, the harder it is for it to find its true voice again.

Without going to what I think is my limit. I always say that my ideal is to get pole with the minimum effort, and to win the race at the slowest speed possible.

[On culture] It's living the core values when you hire; when you write an email; when you are working on a project; when you are walking in the hall.

I'm a big fan of the young 1950s Elvis when he would just go onstage and control the whole environment.

Many of our problems with anger occur when we choose between having a relationship and having a self.

The President is always abused. If he isn't, he isn't doing anything.

I was madly in love with life.

I struggled for a long time to get anything published.

I knew that I was going to dedicate my life to music and that was it.