Trying to describe a good marriage is like trying to describe your adrenal glands. You know they're in there functioning but you don't really understand how they work.

The only thing that separates successful people from the ones who aren't is the willingness to work very, very hard.

Being somebody is better than not being somebody vis à vis what you want out of life. If you want to talk to interesting people and have them talk to you, and if you want enough money to live someplace pleasant and to go on trips and be able to help people you love, you simply have to be somebody.

My success was not based so much on any great intelligence but on great common sense.

you want to write a book for so many reasons ... The main reason ... is because it will make you well-known and beloved and popular and successful and famous and respected. You also write ... to make money, but that motivation is not first on the list.

Charm is the next best asset after looks and brains - and can almost make up for looks.

My own philosophy is if you're not having sex, you're finished. It separates the girls from the old people.