Good apprentices know that they are in the process of becoming masters and that as responsible artisans they must seek to improve upon the knowledge entrusted to them and go further.

When we merely follow another, we take a potentially creative mind out of service-our own.

No matter how many people believe or don’t believe in you, you must bethe ultimate believer in yourself!

After Puckoon I swore I'd never write another book. This is it

Go for it, my heart said, my heart always said.

There will never be another Michael Jackson, a huge pop star since (the age of) 7.

Let's face it, there's no point in running away. I will find that person myself and I will change Saet Byul's fate

Make it smart. Make it beautiful. Have fun.

If dreaming is free, then making it come true is, too.

There are so many people I look up to and I try to watch some sort of video or interview every day, with an artist who does inspire me.

Is there any other industry [than the press] in this country which seeks to presume so completely to give the customer what he does not want?

We not not our feelings. We are not our moods. We not even our thoughts.