Rambling speeches and bad writing litter our lives. If talk is cheap, it’s because the supply usually exceeds the demand.
Until we’re pushing up daisies, it might be good to remind ourselves daily that everything’s coming up roses – for me and for you.
As a writer, I roll around in words the way cats roll around in catnip.
Power is the ability to persuade stupid people to do intelligent things and intelligent people to do stupid things. This is why power is dangerous.
To slur “feminism” into “humanism” is to usurp women’s voices once again, to make the singular feminine into the so-called universal masculine.
Writers read. Writers read promiscuously, aggressively and relentlessly.
Patriotism is about a desire for progress, not a yearning for repetition.
Taking a lot of selfies doesn’t mean you live an examined life.
Men fake sleep the way women fake orgasms: to be left alone already.
In short, immaturity is spoiled. And what is spoiled doesn’t ripen. It goes bad early, gets bitter and withers on the vine.
Maturity understands that there’s darkness in the world but that there’s no need to dwell in it: we can lighten up and offer illumination to others.
Never use the passive voice. Do not say, ‘It will get done.’ Say, ‘I’ll do it,’ and then stick to a solid, unwavering deadline.
Speaking up is important. Yet to speak up without listening is like banging pots and pans together: Even if it gets you attention, it’s not going to get you respect.
I will count my blessings when I am in the doldrums, count to ten when I am quarrelsome, and count on my friends when I need a laugh.
Ever look at a sink full of dishes and think, “Why don’t I just bury these in the backyard?
We all enter this world crying. Laughter is something we have to learn.
More than anything else, I wanted not to be alone – yet all my actions guaranteed I’d be lonely. Like wearing a vest of explosives when you’re coming in for a hug, insatiable need is a form of sabotage.
Want to guess what comes up when I Google “Woman discovers”? It’s not “new galaxy.” It’s “a body in her trunk” or “the unthinkable in her attic.” According to my computer search, other big discoveries by women include “her co-worker is her birth mom,” “a Renaissance painting in her kitchen,” and “her new home was once a meth lab.” Hey, at least that one contains the word “lab.
Make your own choices before anyone else makes them for you and way before the house lights are lowered.
Ask a woman if she’s ambitious and she’ll look at you as if you just asked whether she sticks pins in puppies for fun. Ask a woman if she’s competitive and she’ll look at you as if you suggested that she’s a hooker.