"Never expect people to treat you any better than you treat yourself."

"Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization."

"A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself."

"Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character."

"In the US, there is basically one party - the business party. It has two factions, called Democrats and Republicans, which are somewhat different but carry out variations on the same policies. By and large, I am opposed to those policies. As is most of the population."

"When you're around me and really see that all I do is live and breathe for my work, it's not strange, it's just Gaga."

"If I weren't doing the politics, I wouldn't be doing my job."

"Writing is hard work and bad for the health."