Men are not conditioned to be less powerful than a woman. It will be the wise woman who realizes this and is sensitive to that issue.

I have found in work that you only get back what you put into it, but it does come back gift-wrapped.

I've enjoyed the pleasures of working since I was 12 and earned all my own spending money since I was 14.

Real intimacy depends on truth - lovingly told - especially in the bedroom.

I can't say I'm not grateful to have journalists writing about me as a genius. But I know it's not true. I'm not confused. I understand that success comes through a lot of failure and a lot of very embarrassing failure. People want to create the next Facebook, but they are too afraid to create the next Facemash.

How easy to be amiable in the midst of happiness and success.

I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.

For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words.