I really don't think life is about the I-could-have-beens. Life is only about the I-tried-to-do. I don't mind the failure but I can't imagine that I'd forgive myself if I didn't try.

Deal with yourself as a individual, worthy of respect and make everyone else deal with you the same way.

She knows who she is, because she knows who she isn't.

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

The only way you can grow is to let yourself make mistakes and create contradictions. As we learn new things, some of our old attitudes will change.

We are strong enough to stand tall tearlessly, we are brave enough to bend to cry, and we are sad enough to know that we must laugh again.

We have a world to conquer...one person at a time...starting with ourselves.

I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

We love because it's the only true adventure.

You must be unintimidated by your own thoughts.

Once you know who you are, you don't have to worry anymore.

There must be always wine and fellowship or we are truly lost.

Raising d'être(reason for being)

Thanks to words we have been able to rise above the brutes and thanks to words we have often sunk to the level of the demons.

I'll never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1, 500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy.

Photographers should follow their own judgment, and not the fads and dictates of others.

An actor is never so great as when he reminds you of an animal - falling like a cat, lying like a dog, moving like a fox.

The only way to improve is to set yourself harder goals.

Wow, you're awesome and The universe loves a winner, so the universe must really love you!

the law, like art, is always vainly racing to catch up with experience.

The only difference between you today and a year from now are the people you know and what you have learned.