I feel empowered to be a different kind of writer. The longer I stay here, the more light filters into my work. I feel very American. I belong.
When Thomas Edison worked late into the night on the electric light, he had to do it by gas lamp or candle. I'm sure it made the work seem that much more urgent.
A lot of me is very up, and you have to have light and shade. They are both important and you have to be able to balance them. You have to admit that sadness is part of you and that it enriches you. I use it in my work.
A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
I remember when the wave of Jennifer Lopez, Salma Hayek and these beautiful Hispanic women came into light, and I looked up to them and I loved them, but I was like, 'Where are Middle Eastern women?'
Good things happen, bad things are done...
Doing the right thing has power.
In necessary things, unity; in doubtful things, liberty; in all things, charity.
The right thing and the easy thing are never the same.
The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.
Independence isn't doing your own thing; it's doing the right thing on your own.
Success in life is founded upon attention to the small things rather than to the large things; to the every day things nearest to us rather than to the things that are remote and uncommon.
Life Consists Of Many Things But You Have To Do One Thing... And That Thing Is Living For God. Remember You Cant Do Many Things At Once.
Things you might hear, Things you wanna believe, Things that aren't true, Things that people say, It's these THINGS that causes people to feel not wanted.
Next to doing the right thing, the most important thing is to let people know you are doing the right thing.
Even in cases where most people are doing the right thing, talking about the minority who are doing the wrong thing can encourage people to give in to temptation.
All things at first appear difficult.
All things seem difficult at first.
To change and to improve are two different things.
Haste manages all things badly.
Great things can best be said in silence.
