I've always been interested in gadgets and technology and I've always been a reader.
As far as I can tell, it's just about letting the universe know what you want and then working toward it while letting go of how it comes to pass.
My soul is not contained within the limits of my body; my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul.
Life opens up opportunities to you, and you either take them or you stay afraid of taking them.
Take a chance on faith. Not religion, but faith. Not hope, but faith. I don’t believe in hope. Hope is a beggar. Hope walks through the fire and Faith leaps over it.
I think everybody should get rich and famous and do everything they ever dreamed of so they can see that it's not the answer.
Flowers don't worry about how they're going to bloom. They just open up & turn toward the light & that makes them beautiful.
I do know how to treat people and that is treat them the way I want to be treated. So when I extend that respect and that consideration that I would like to have, there is a certain amount of reciprocating. Some of the senators have even said words to the effect to me of "I can't dislike you as much as I wish that I did".
Studies show that a trusting workplace increases employees' level of happiness, work effort, productivity, and engagement. It also provides an environment that encourages open communication and promotes people to share their ideas.
If you give me a short shot I will attack you. I'm not a baseliner who rallies. I try to get the point over with.
You asked if I thought my fiction had changed anything in the culture and the answer is no. Sure, there's been some scandal, but people are scandalized all the time; it's a way of life for them. It doesn't mean a thing. If you ask if I want my fiction to change anything in the culture, the answer is still no. What I want is to possess my readers while they are reading my book if I can, to possess them in ways that other writers don't. Then let them return, just as they were, to a world where everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt, and control them.