In my opinion, a problem derails your life and an inconvenience is not being able to get a nice seat on the un-derailed train.

Resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

Sometimes you can only find Heaven by slowly backing away from Hell.

If my life wasn't funny it would just be true, and that is unacceptable.

No motive is pure. No one is good or bad-but a hearty mix of both. And sometimes life actually gives to you by taking away.

My heart's in the right place. I know, 'cuz I hid it there.

Bipolar disorder can be a great teacher. It's a challenge, but it can set you up to be able to do almost anything else in your life.

I am mentally ill. I can say that. I am not ashamed of that. I survived that, I'm still surviving it, but bring it on. Better me than you.

There is no point at which you can say, "Well, I'm successful now. I might as well take a nap."

I get lots of awards for being mentally ill. Apparently, I am better at being mentally ill than almost anything else I've ever done. Seriously - I have a shelf of awards for being bipolar.

You know the bad thing about being a survivor... You keep having to get into difficult situations in order to show off your gift.

By reading books, you lose your old self and you find your new self! To read is to travel from self to another self!

No more relationships ! No more wasting time !No more feelings !

There is nothing scarier than being ‘the designer of the moment,’ because the moment ends.

As an older and wiser man, I don't believe in luck. I believe in hard work and talent and determination.

As a child I was sometimes so hungry that I used to dream that one day I'd get locked in a grocery store.

Judeo-Christian conservatism overcomes natural selfishness.

For the first time I was learning how much easier it was to leave than to stay behind and love.

Conspiracy theory is the ultimate refuge of the powerless. If you cannot change your own life, it must be that some greater force controls the world.

I've rarely met a miserable, self-pitying blind person.

Sounds so silly, but I want to accomplish getting my kids through college.