"We see a lot of startup companies, people that have a home-based office, they've been working out of their basement for two or three years, and now their basement or kids cannot accommodate them any longer."

“Every story I've written was written because I had to write it. Writing stories is like breathing for me; it is my life.”

“When I wrote the Anita Hill book I believed everything I wrote was accurate.”

“If the doors aren't open, just kick them in and keep walking.”

“Do something that makes a difference - because, by God, there's a lot to make you angry.”

“I don't see how anybody starts a novel without knowing how it's going to end. I usually make detailed outlines: how many chapters it will be and so forth.”

“You need to eat normally and healthfully, and you need to exercise. I'm so passionate about this because I think people spend their lives not happy in their bodies.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“A wise man once said, 'Every one of us is given the gift of life, and what a strange gift it is. If it is preserved jealously and selfishly, it impoverishes and saddens. But if it is spent for others, it enriches and beautifies.' My fellow Americans: We can debate policies and programs, but in the end what separates the two parties in this election campaign is whether we use the gift of life for others or only ourselves.”

Source : Vice Presidential Nomination Acceptance Address, delivered 19 July 1984 at the Democratic National Convention, San Francisco

“If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me.”