Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.

Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go... And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

Self-consciousness is really a form of egotism.

Six months of looking for a job had made me an expert at picking out the people who, like me, were hurrying up to wait - in somebody's outer anything for a chance to make it through their inner doors to prove that you could type two words a minute, or not drool on your blouse while answering difficult questions about your middle initial and date of birth.

The last time you're doing something - knowing you're doing it for the last - makes it even more alive than the first.

Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.

You can't teach talent. You can't put in what God left out - but you can teach confidence.