Over the years, people I've met have often asked me what I'm working on, and I've usually replied that the main thing was a book about Dresden.

I have the love and blessings of Indians and my family and I have faith in my own hard work and training. That is all I need.

Strength training is an important part of every athlete's training program, but for me it's become almost like a sanctuary.

I feel like some sort of fiction-writing hobo, jumping trains and always hoping I'll find a good place to start a fire in the next town. And I keep having these panicky episodes where I corner my husband and rant at him: 'I don't have anywhere to write! I can't write! I don't have a place to write!'

In Israel, a land lacking in natural resources, we learned to appreciate our greatest national advantage: our minds. Through creativity and innovation, we transformed barren deserts into flourishing fields and pioneered new frontiers in science and technology.

Switching from one career to another can be scary, but it also can be a thrilling experience. Look at it as an opportunity to really go after what you want to accomplish in life and make a difference in the world. The key is to take small, conscious steps and prepare yourself for a successful transition.

I want to get my MBA. I want to create my own business. When I'm finished with football, I want a seamless transition to life and work and what I've dreamed about doing all my life.

her unwavering confidence in an arm which she believed to be stronger than all others combined could have raised from her sinking spirit.

My hope is that I will take the good from my experiences and extrapolate them further into areas with which I am unfamiliar. I simply do not know exactly what that difference will be in my judging. But I accept there will be some based on my gender and my Latina heritage.

Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

First do the necessary, then do the feasible, then you will be able to achieve the impossible.

God would never inspire me with desires which cannot be realized; so in spite of my littleness, I can hope to be a saint.