Happy to me is not what I thought happy was. Happy is actually better, because it includes room for sadness. A definition of success must leave room for failure, because it's part of it. — Sara Benincasa Copy Share Image
I used to think that having lots of friends meant that you were happy. That's really not true. Having the right friends means that… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share Image
It's like there's this knowledge hanging in the air that one person has more power than the other, and we're supposed to pretend everything… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share Image
The world will not give you an endowment for your finger-painting. Your finger-painting may be marvelous, but our government and society do not value art adequately. We should fulminate against that and seek to change it, but in the meantime you have to make choices. If you're an artist who likes to have a steady income for yourself, for your… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
I think that if you want help from somebody, you ask. You ask not expecting anyone to give it to you, unless it is a friend or a loved one with whom you should have those expectations, because friends should help friends. Even so, when I ask friends for blurbs or for endorsements or instructions, I always leave room for… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
In the short term, it absolutely feels devastating to break a bond of friendship. In the long term, it is the best possible thing. You're actually doing something noble and good if you do it in the right way. You can leave them with, "I wish you the best, but I have to take care of myself." Or you don't… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
I do not, right now in this moment today, want to be married. After entertaining proposals, researching the cost of a wedding, and looking… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share Image
When I go to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World, they have wonderful topiary in the shapes of characters. I apply the principle… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share Image
Most people don't want to work with liars. They'll work with a liar if the liar makes them money and gives them credit, but… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share Image
When you're disappointed romantically - when people evolve or they move on, when somebody doesn't love you in the same way anymore or you… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share Image
It's time to hand back responsibility for being an adult to everyone in the situation. You're not helping anybody by staying in a romantic… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share Image
If you buy my book at Walmart, I don't want you to read it. I want you to set it on fire. Because that's what you just did with your money. When you buy a book through an indie-store, you put some money into an independent store and owner in your community. You've put some money into someone's life and… — Sara Benincasa Copy Share
The biggest strength is being able to have perspective. Get the distance, and it enables you to be able to laugh at yourself. — Sara Benincasa Copy Share Image
