There are so few women in general who aren’t completely threatened and confused by other women’s success. It’s very disappointing.

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.

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

Everyone has determination – it’s a question of how you use it. Hers is based on power and success and conquering she doesn’t care what she has to do or who gets hurt in the process. In that way we’re very, very different.

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have so many stupid leaders.

All those who are around me are the bridge to my success, so they are all important.

Fame and success are very different things.

You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.