Ask yourself: was there anything I could have done to prevent the situation? If the answer is yes, do something now and become a better person for it.
I believe that a writer is a person who writes. An author is a person who has written.
During a negotiation, it would be wise not to take anything personally. If you leave personalities out of it, you will be able to see opportunities more objectively.
You are the only problem you will ever have and you are the only solution. Change is inevitable, personal growth is always a personal decision.
Power is the ability not just to tell the story of another person, but to make it the definitive story of that person.
I'd say that I'm a very friendly, outgoing, happy person who just wants to make the people around me happy.
The moment you stop trying to become a better person, is the moment you start to become worse than what you already are.
Contemporaries appreciate the person rather than their merit, posterity will regard the merit rather than the person.
I tell the person I won't take a picture or sign the autograph, but I will shake their hand. That kind of personal touch is all they're really seeking.
I have never understood why people who can swallow the enormous improbability of a personal God boggle at a personal Devil.
I have never thought about my sexuality being right or wrong. To me it has always been a case of finding the right person.
Don't judge a person by how important he is or how big he is. Judge a person by the strength of his character or size of his heart.
Don't judge a person by how important he is or how big he is. Judge a person by the strength of character or size of his heart.
For one person, organized files might be a crucial tool for creativity; another person finds inspiration in random juxtapositions.
You know there is a person inside every baby, right? And anybody who has ever met a baby knows there is already a person in there.
You go into the disease as one person and come out of it as a different person. It has changed my perspective on everything. Things that used to upset me no longer do.
I am a Christian, but I also don't really see myself as a religious person. I see myself as more of a spiritual person.
My joy as a writer is circling around and around and down and down to find out who the real person is.
The person who runs away exposes himself to that very danger more than a person who sits quietly.
There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, and see it through, and you're done. It's focused and very personal.
One of the reasons I'm an interesting person to be married to is my intensely late-blooming self-awareness.