“My friends are always conscious of what people think of them. As though life is something that has an audience.”

“I want my audiences to know that positive thinking has been a hallmark of my life, a pick yourself up and carry on attitude has powered me through my life, even at difficult times. I discuss these times with humor, humility and honesty with my audiences, I try to inspire people to find their own way. - Janice Newman, RScP”

“...But I’m telling you, something happens to beautiful people. They think that something extra is owed to them by life, by God, by all the people around them. They think their life has to be better, more dramatic, happier—in color, not black and white.”

“One of the awful things about writing when you are a Christian is that for you the ultimate reality is the Incarnation, the present reality is the Incarnation, and nobody believes in the Incarnation; that is, nobody in your audience. My audience are the people who think God is dead. At least these are the people I am conscious of writing for.”

“Friends are what count in this life, that's what I always think,”

“The customer is always right' may have become a standard motto in the world of business, but the idea that 'the audience is always right,' has yet to make much of an impression on the world of presentation, even though for the duration of the presentation at least, the audience is the speaker's only customer.”