“Don't forget—no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.”

“Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.”

“No matter how long you've been at it, you always start from scratch.”

“I have never had a dry spell in my life, mainly because I feed myself well, to the point of bursting. I wake early and hear my morning voices leaping around in my head like jumping beans. I get out of bed quickly, to trap them before they escape.”

“Don't ever confuse—your life and your work. The second is only part of the first.”

“The six greatest words that you will ever say are 'I admit that I was wrong.' None of us is going to walk through life making every perfect move.  It's through our mistakes, our losses, through what's taken away from us, that gives us more of who we are meant to be.”

“Plan your hours to be productive...Plan your weeks to be educational...Plan your years to be purposeful. Plan your life to be an experience of growth. Plan to change. Plan to grow.”

“We women know how to take care of everybody so well. But the one person we have written out of the equation is us.”

“Most of us lead far more meaningful lives than we know. Often, finding meaning is not about doing things differently; it is about seeing familiar things in new ways.”

“The best we can do is focus on what we have the power to improve in ourselves, and when it comes to body—love the one you’re with.”

“Don't be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

“I simply want you to give to yourself as much as you give of yourself. By taking care of yourself financially, you will truly be able to take care of those you love.”

“There’s nothing wrong with fear; the only mistake is to let it stop you in your tracks.”

“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”