Writers don't own their words. Since when do words belong to anybody. "Your very own words," indeed ! And who are you?.

God is always near us. Always for us. Always in us..

No one is you, and that is your power..

I live a pretty anonymous life..

I don't relax. My main relaxation is meeting illustrators and publishers in restaurants and bars..

I'm the best Manning..

I'm a restaurant junkie..

I've waited all my life to say this... I weigh less than Elizabeth Taylor!.

Change is as good as a rest. It keeps me fresh..

It's a very American thing to hide away from death..

I'm not maximized yet..

I like sayers of no better than I like sayers of yes..

I totally understand OJ. I get it..

It is entirely up to us to invent our own lives..

I love anything that haunts me...and never leaves.

Never, never have I been loved as I love others!.

There is, quite literally, nothing to understand..

Nothing goes perfectly, especially when you're opening a restaurant..

When I’m hiring a cook for one of my restaurants, and I want to see what they can do, I usually ask them to make me an omelette..

Everybody counts or nobody counts.

Find your center and stay there..