I'm most proud of my work in the LGBTQ space. Feels like, above all else, that's something I want to do for the rest of my life.

Let yourself be the person you've secretly always wanted to be

I call it viewing from afar, they call it stalking.

You're all beautiful. And you shouldn't let anyone tell you otherwise.

If I want to be remembered as anything in this life it's just 'nice'.I feel like being nice to others is the coolest thing anyone can be.

No one notices I'm breaking inside.

The thing that I really want to try and do is just live my life really openly and honestly. I think there's so much power in that, as simple as it is.

Sharing is caring, but I don't care.

I love you as much as I love Nutella.

I genuinely love you all and the fact that some of you are not feeling so great at the moment really really upsets me.

I'm the type of person who listens to like sad music when I'm sad to feel sadder, and to feel sorry for myself.

The Paradox of Change: People can only change when they feel accepted as they are now. Dr. Arnold Beisser Pg 220

When I competed, it was for honor and country. It was a privilege to be a part of the U.S. team.

The craft of the novelist does lie first of all in story-telling.

To drive out the darkness, bring in the light.

I was in Pakistan in Islamabad when Bhutto was assassinated, and the next day, you know, there's just plumes of smoke everywhere. I mean, Islamabad is on fire.

I think if it's interesting, it's interesting, and if it's not, it's not working.

What good would it be to fight a war with the British and end up with your own king? Nobody had any idea that George Washington would be George Washington.

A bosom friend - an intimate friend, you know - a really kindred spirit to whom I can confide my inmost soul.

First and foremost I am a drummer. After that, I'm other things... But I didn't play drums to make money.