I reached a time in college when I didn't know what I wanted to do. At that time women's careers were essentially nursing secretarial and teaching. My mother advised me to get my teacher's certificate.

I worked as a secretary a waitress and a dance teacher - all in high school.

I remember telling my creative writing teacher that you never want to have a journal because if you lose it then someone's going to know all your secrets. And then she stopped using a journal but I always write everything down... Anytime I travel I try and fill up notepads.

The secret of my success is my hairspray.

The whole secret to our success is being able to con ourselves into believing that we're going to change the world because statistically we are unlikely to do it.

If there is any secret to my success I think it's that my characters are very real to me. I feel everything they feel and therefore I think my readers care about them.

The secrets of success are a good wife and a steady job. My wife told me.

The secret to success is to own nothing but control everything.

The secret of success is sincerity.

Rockefeller once explained the secret of success. 'Get up early work late - and strike oil.'

You've got to work hard for your success and you've got to have a steady presence. That's the secret.

The secret of our success is that we never never give up.

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.

There's no secret about success. Did you ever know a successful man who didn't tell you about it?

The secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

The ability to convert ideas to things is the secret of outward success.

Ask yourself the secret of your success. Listen to your answer and practice it.

Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.

Before everything else getting ready is the secret of success.

If there is any one secret of success it lies in the ability to get the other person's point of view and see things from that person's angle as well as from your own.

The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.

Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.