Many feel that writers are a dime a dozen, so the goal is to break through and make it to the value of a penny.

Wealth is an inborn attitude of mind, like poverty. The pauper who has made his pile may flaunt his spoils, but cannot wear them plausibly.

Jean Cocteau

The scariest moment is always just before you start.

Stephen King

Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.

Barbara Sher

Not till we are lost, in other words not till we have lost the world, do we begin to find ourselves, and realize where we are and the infinite extent of our relations.

Henry David Thoreau

It was a fantastic learning experience and OK, I got slammed because I wasn't Audrey Hepburn but you could have predicted that, really, if you'd opened your eyes wide enough.

Julia Ormond

The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words.

Stephane Mallarme

Never let the other fellow set the agenda.

James Baker

Compared to them I

Will Rogers, Ambassador of Good

I wouldn't say I invented tacky, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.

Bette Midler

Believe nothing and be on your guard against everything.

Proverb

I remember one day sitting at the pool and suddenly the tears were streaming down my cheeks. Why was I so unhappy? I had success. I had security. But it wasn't enough. I was exploding inside.

Ingrid Bergman

I have to be asked, I guess, but I love the idea of marriage. I think it's beautiful. I'm such a romantic, and I always have been.

Portia de Rossi