We still go out and elect people who we think are going to govern and better our interests. So we may not have the same confidence in the people we elect, but we still go out and elect them.

We need to move beyond the idea that girls can be leaders and create the expectation that they should be leaders.

Great leaders never accept the world as it was and always work for the world as it should be

You might not be able to control your circumstances but you can control your response to your circumstances.

The first step for a leader is to be right with yourself. Integrity is the basis of leadership.

In America, with education and hard work, it really does not matter where you came from; it matters only where you are going.

Self esteem comes from achievements. Not from lax standards and false praise.

You will make a difference in the world, but not immediately. Your first obligation is to find something you like doing, because if you like doing it, you'll do it well.

When somebody underestimated me, it made me want to prove them wrong.

Education is of no value and talent is worthless - unless you have an unwavering aim. Never find yourself without a compass.

Differences can be a strength.

Ask and wait expectantly for the answer.

An emotionally locked person refuses to let go of their sad memories and live in the now.

Life comes to the miners out of their deaths, and death out of their lives.

My wife's jealousy is getting ridiculous. The other day she looked at my calendar and wanted to know who May was.

I enjoy the hell out of writing but don't like what follows: promotion and publicity, which I always strive to keep to a minimum, sometimes to my publisher's dismay.

If all I cared about was me, I could make a million. And that's what they will never understand.

It's more likely in America that your parents will file for bankruptcy than divorce. We think of divorce as so prevalent, but we all know that happens because somebody moves out of the house.

In the colored reflection we have Life.

She was with me. She did all of those things and so many more, things I would never tell anyone, and she never even loved me. Now that’s love.

When I was growing up, the exam system didn't allow you to write fiction, so you never did.