Accept who you are; and revel in it.

Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep.

I believe that you live on inside the hearts and minds of everyone you've touched while you were here on earth.

Whenever you have two characters in a book, whether it's a novel or nonfiction, you run the risk that the reader is going to like one more than the other. They're going to read one chapter and say, 'I can't wait to get back to the other guy.'

I have a hard time with businesses that don't make money at some point.

The wealth in many large estates has never been taxed because it is largely in the form of unrealized - therefore untaxed - capital gains.

Taxation is just a sophisticated way of demanding money with menaces.

The great thing about American women is their energy and the way they love to dress. French women don't really dress; they are too conservative, as it's always a question of money. In America, women are powerful and strong, determined. If they want to be an object, they choose to be in control.