“Perhaps the greatest illusion a writer ever creates is that his work is achieved without great effort or sacrifice. ”

“It's not about the taking part. It's about the winning. It's about the hours you sacrifice in order to achieve your victory, and only you know what victory is for you, and only you know what it took to get you there.”

“Beauty fades so you'd better work at having something more to offer.”

“‎"With so many egotists and liars in the world the truth becomes an ever more rare and valuable commodity.”

“Blessed is he who can call his family friends and his friends family.”

“Great leap forwards in mankind do not take place because of the economic values we place on them. They happen because we strive to do better and to be better. The sooner we break away from the 'if it makes money it must be good' mentality the better off we all shall be.”

“The poorest man in the world is the one who has to buy his happiness.”