Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
Most of life is showing up. You do the best you can, which varies from day to day.
If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
As much as the Pulitzer is the hallmark of journalism, I think what I love the most is when somebody says they took my column and it's in their wallet. I have had people open their wallet and show me a corner of a column.
Choice, not chance, determines your destiny. It's up to you to decide what you are worth, how you matter, and how you make meaning in the world. No one else has your gifts--your set of talents, ideas, interests. You are an original. A masterpiece.