Oh God, if you want women to never again raise their voices, then create an adult man!
I got a little bit of the Marine mentality from my dad, I guess. You can't but help absorb the culture you're around.
It's about being able to go through the grind, willing to get back up when you're knocked down. And when life's not going well, not getting down on yourself and just getting back up and getting back to work, and striving to be the best you can be.
You really can't worry about stuff you can't control. . . You need to focus on getting where you need to be and not worry about what could have been and what should have been.
I don't need to do all the trash talking. I try to do it with my fists, my knees, and my feet.
I met Pat Militich when I was a junior in high school when I was 16 and just started training and went from there. I went to the same high school that Pat had attended and he would bring some of his fighters out to wrestling practice to work out and I got to know him that way. I immediately like it.
Even in the losses, I always saw glimpses of something that kept me going.
If your city's being populated by highly educated twentysomething s with choices, you're probably going to succeed.
I had a grungy period and looked like a tramp for a very long time - my mum really hated it! I destroyed her entire '70s wardrobe by putting studs into everything - I thought I was really cool. But it's good to experiment - I even had dreadlocks at one point.
I have abandoned so many projects but in the '80s when I left public life to be married and have real children - I love my children and I would never sacrifice them for anything - I had to find a way to simultaneously be a mother and wife and fulfill my duties and still be true to myself as a writer.
You know," I told him,"if you don't know how to eat a cupcake, that's nothing to be ashamed of. " Now he did smile. "I know how to eat a cupcake. " "Sure you do. " "I do," he said. "I just don't want one of those. " "Yeah? Prove it.