"To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others."

"You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action."

"I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy."

"Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!"

"I had a great life even before 'The Memory Keeper's Daughter' took off. I really enjoy teaching."

"The death knell for any enterprise is to glorify the past, no matter how good it was."

"It's hard to tell how far women's individuality has come in the past twenty years."

"The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop."