I used my instincts. It's very easy to imagine how you'd feel, actually. I just had to tell the narrative.
I found that when I talk to the little flower or to the little peanut they will give up their secrets. . .
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and strong. Because someday in your life you will have been all of these.
When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe. ' But God answered, 'That knowledge is for me alone. ' So I said, 'God, tell me the mystery of the peanut. ' Then God said, 'Well George, that's more nearly your size. ' And he told me.
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
Start where you are, with what you have. Make something of it and never be satisfied.
When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
All I'd wanted for so long was for someone to explain everything that had happened to me in this same way. To label it neatly on a page: this leads to this leads to this.
I've thought about what is an alternative word to feminism. There isn't one. It's a perfectly good word. And it can't be changed.
If the guys on the bench were as good as the guys you have out there, they'd be out there in first place.
I would not have so many scripts being driven by demographics. The play's the thing - not the 18-35 year old male age group.