It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal
We don't fight about money. . . I hate to see people fight about money.
I don't think about financial success as the measurement of my success.
I developed a great sense of self-confidence when I was very young.
I had an allowance, but I had to do things around the house to earn it. I think I always wanted my own money.
Being a CEO still means sitting across the table from big institutional investors and showing your leadership and having them believe in you.
I came to Playboy not expecting to stay. But after five years, I found myself really enjoying the business world, and I realized I had some skill.
Roots of the weed sucked first life from the genesis of earth and hold the essence of it still. Always the weed returns; the cultured plant retreats before it.
I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
No virtue can be real that has not been tried. The gold in the crucible alone is perfect; the loadstone tests the steel, and the diamond is tried by the diamond, while metals gleam the brighter in the furnace.
I think it's a very important function of art to challenge accepted reality, especially when that reality is created by powerful interest groups.