Boredom is useful to me when I notice it and think: Oh I'm bored; there must be something else I want to be doing... boredom acts as an initiator of originality by pushing me into new activities or new thoughts.

Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.

When I get to where I can enjoy just lying on the rug picking up lint balls, I will no longer be too ambitious.

Next time I will ..." "From now on I will ..." - What makes me think I am wiser today than I will be tomorrow?

Today I don't want to live for, I want to live.

Being myself includes taking risks with myself, taking risks on new behavior, trying new ways of 'being myself', so that I can see who it is I want to be.

Books seek us out. They slip themselves into our hands just at the time we are ready for a new self-concept.