Loving somebody is the beginning of everything..

The drive for happiness is vital; it's what keeps us in motion..

A smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing..

I was the Colleen McCullough of 1971..

I'm wholehearted about whatever I do..

There are so many stories that need to be told and are not being told. We tend to want to put things in boxes: "This is a memoir about a Muslim," or ….

When you assume negative intent, you're angry. If you take away that anger and assume positive intent, you will be amazed. Your emotional quotient go….

Composers tend to assume that everyone loves music. Surprisingly enough, everyone doesn’t..

What you see and what you hear on YouTube and the News and all that, it's not what it looks like, it's not what it seems, it's not what it is. Most o….

Your anger is a gift..

To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules..

I hit every day. I love to hit..

People assume that I came back to Washington because of the Post, but the truth is less romantic. I came back for a job..

Whatever anybody says or does, assume positive intent..

Instead of assuming everything you're being told is the truth, ask plenty of questions..

Without someone telling you what you are doing is wrong, you can't say what you are doing is right..

I'm far more often annoyed than delighted by previous readers' marks in used books, so I assume that my notations will be equally annoying to future ….

Too many marketers assume that future will hold back and wait until they're ready for it. It won't..

Everybody is entertained to death..

You will invest your life in something, or you will throw it away on nothing..

There is so much more to understand..