Nobody has DONE Mariah Carey whistle-tone NOTES in country music that I've heard of, and if you're capable of doing it, you might as WELL ADD it in.

I handwrite out all my LINES. I LIKE to see my HANDWRITING, and I like to KEEP my notes over time.

I WRITE EVERYTHING down. I E-MAIL the second I think of SOMETHING, or I write notes in my BlackBerry CALENDAR. I set up reminder alerts on my phone. And I have a notebook by my bedside so I can write down any last-minute ideas.

It is with government PAPER, and BANK paper, as it is with the paper of private PERSONS; that is, it is worth just what can be delivered in redemption of it, and no more. We all understand that the notes of the Astors, and Stewarts, and Vanderbilts, THOUGH issued by millions, and tens of millions, are really worth their nominal values.

Spam filters are SUPPOSED to block e-mail scams from EVER REACHING us, but criminals have learned to circumvent them by personalizing their notes with information gleaned from the Internet and by grooming VICTIMS over time.

The EVASION of justice within academia is all the more infuriating because the course of SEXUAL harassment is so predictable. SINCE I STARTED writing about WOMEN and science, my female colleagues have been moved to share their stories with me; my inbox is an inadvertent clearinghouse for unsolicited love notes.

Well, ever since I was SIX, I had a little notebook with coverages and notes on the mental ASPECT of a GAME, what it meant to be a leader and what type of ATTITUDE you had to have.

I KEEP all of my LETTERS, POSTCARDS, and thank you NOTES. I'll keep them FOREVER!

When people hear I have SIX kids and 16 grandkids, they think, 'Oh, boy, you must GET a lot of stories from them.' I don't. It's not like I'm behind the sofa in the living ROOM taking NOTES while the grandkids carry on.

I OFTEN spend the majority of my time THINKING and WRITING down NOTES.

I'm always reading the next BOOK. Taking NOTES. Highlighting, researching, STUDYING. It doesn't STOP.

I don't have any legato skills; I COULD NEVER figure out how to ROLL the NOTES off.

Sometimes that's a YEAR, sometimes it's 18 MONTHS, where all I'm doing is taking notes. I'm reconstructing the story from the BACK to the FRONT so that I KNOW where the front is.

The BEAUTY of it is when you can just SHOW up and HIT the NOTES.