Empathy is the key to great stories.

Tunnel vision can kill creativity.

I don't come taking millions of pictures. I spend time with them and simply observe. If you wait long enough those amazing images will come.

I think the most important thing any artist can do is to constantly push themselves and improve their craft.

The most powerful stories are the ones that unite us, not divide us.

To learn that happiness is what brings success, and not the other

Find the stories that unite us

Empathy is the wellspring of creativity.

Friends don't let friends go to hell."- Johann Gunter in "The Bucktown Babies

I think it's healthy for a person to be nervous. It means you care - that you work hard and want to give a great performance. You just have to channel that nervous energy into the show.

I'm not good at watching myself which I think is perfectly natural. I don't give myself a hard time about it. I am the worst critic.

Time is the coin of your life. You spend it. Do not allow others to spend it for you.

A tap dancer is really a frustrated drummer.

There's a treasury full of jade and jewels; It is in you. Don't go searching far from home for it-it's here.

The footage that you're about to watch of China's dog-leather trade is one of the worst things I've ever seen.

We ought to love our Maker for His own sake, without either hope of good or fear of pain.

All systems require myths for their longevity.

My first job was working at Benihana as kitchen help. In college, I was a telemarketer for a company at the same time I was a bike messenger for this greasy fast-food place.