Love yourself first and everything else falls into line.

Women's Lib? Oh, I'm afraid it doesn't interest me one bit. I've been so liberated it hurts.

In life, all good things come hard, but wisdom is the hardest to come by.

I'm not sure that I want to be without some lack of confidence. If you are too sure of yourself, you don't grow. You may feel confident in some things, but other fields come up as a challenge. And if you don't anticipate trouble, you will be in trouble.

We all find joy and radiance and a reason to move on even in the most dire of circumstances. Even in chaos and madness, there's still a beauty that comes from just the vibrancy of another human spirit.

My books are about ordinary people, like you, me, people on the street, people who really have an expectation of reasonable happiness in life, want their life to have a sense of security and predictability, who want to belong to something bigger than them, who want love and affection in their life, who want a good future for the children.

True happiness comes from the joy of deeds well done, the zest of creating things new.

We need more kindness, more compassion, more joy, more laughter. I definitely want to contribute to that.