Failure leads to a decrease in motivation only when it is accepted as failure. Failure leads students to improve when they see it is a stepping stone on the road to success.

No one deserves to rent your heart, especially those who hurt you. Your heart is precious and deserves to store your great memories!

When death tells a story yo really have to listen

Real adulthood is the result of two qualities: self-discipline and self-reliance. The process of developing them together in balance is called maturing.

The better the artist, the more vulnerable he seems to be.

I remain a fan of my friend Bret Easton Ellis's 'American Psycho.' I think as a book about New York in the '80s it was pretty excellent.

It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live.

When I did the cover of 'Cosmo International,' Turkey picked it up and I got a lot of backlash for it.

The biggest fairy tale is that justice works because it doesn't.

Anxiety and hostility seem to be a great part of good and bad humor. Examining humor too closely does seem to destroy it.

I never learned the secret handshake. That may be one of the reasons I've grown to love English soccer.