“Death is the number two fear that people have and public speaking is the first!”

“You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.”

“If. A two-letter word for futility.”

“We’re flimflam artists. But remember, sonny, you can’t con people unless they’re greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can’t cheat an honest man.”

“Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.”

“I'm a woman. I have a right to change my mind.”

“Life is like a novel. It's filled with suspense. You have no idea what is going to happen until you turn the page.”