“Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement. ”
“MAKE STATEMENTS also applies to us women: Speak in statements instead of apologetic questions. No one wants to go to a doctor who says, “I’m going to be your surgeon? I’m here to talk to you about your procedure? I was first in my class at Johns Hopkins, so?” Make statements, with your actions and your voice.”
“I wanted to live, to take the open road before me.”
“I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer”
“I danced before I wrote. Everything my mentor, Marjorie Mussman, teaches about movement -- creating focus, taking chances, making an unequivocal statement -- is beautifully applicable to the craft of writing.”
“When people make certain statements and their acts conform to those statements I tend to take them at their word.”