I learned to love stories by listening to them.
Truth gets buried, that's why people write autobiographies.
What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.
The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.
I've come to believe that everything worth achieving is beyond one's capacity - or seems so at first. The thing is to persist, not back off, fight your fight, pay your dues, and carry on. Effort is all; continue and you may get there despite everything.
Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.
Wonder is our need today, not information.
It's easier to scare someone than to persuade him.
I call myself, 'The Estee Lauder of the garden world. ' I'm my own little conglomerate.
A language presupposes that all the individual users possess the organs.
Over the long haul, salespeople come and go, but having top-shelf management in place is the ultimate answer.