I'm playing the game because I love it. But I'm also playing it for my family. You play for the glory, but you play for your family, too.

Everything that is really Mexican is either Aztec or Spanish.

Only I can change my life. No one can do it for me.

When you have a dream, you've got to grab it and never let go.

I love loud music. I listen loud, and that's part of how I've learned how to do this. Record softly and play back loud and a whole other thing happens.

Before you go to bed, write down three 'gratefuls' for the day and three 'did wells' (they can even include something as simple as doing the laundry)-the results can be amazing!

If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden.

When you reach for the stars you may not quite get one, but you won't come up with a handful of mud either.

It's almost impossible to be funnier than the people in Washington.

A leopard does not change his spots, or change his feeling that spots are rather a credit.

I am a princess. All girls are. Even if they live in tiny old attics. Even if they dress in rags, even if they aren’t pretty, or smart, or young. They’re still princesses.

...Everyone struggles to guard their heart from breaking, when they should desire to have a heart that breaks...

Watching soccer just makes me wish I was watching Foosball.

I used to think if it wasn't possible to be a family man and a totally dedicated artist, I'd rather be the former. I'm an idealist and a romantic.

The creatures that inhabit this earth-be they human beings or animals-are here to contribute, each in its own particular way, to the beauty and prosperity of the world.

I used to be scared of pretty girls, until one confessed they're just as scared of me.

Restraint is the better part of beauty.

Young writers shouldn't be afraid of striving to emulate their favorites. It's a good way to learn, as long as you move on from it and don't publish too many of the results.

Fire the doubters out of your life.

The way that you become world-class is... by asking good questions.