It appears that the way people perceive the world is much more important to happiness than objective circumstances.

The good life is best construed as a matrix that includes happiness, occasional sadness, a sense of purpose, playfulness, and psychological flexibility, as well autonomy, mastery, and belonging.

I believe that living out loud and not letting fear hold you back is the key to the fullest, most rewarding life possible

Think of your moods as a thermometer that takes the temperature of your life, if you just want to be happy all the time, it's like wanting to break your thermometer.

Being too happy is bad for you. 8 on 1 10-scale is just right. Eg. cancer patients are more likely to survive if they're at an 8 instead of 9 or 10.

Instead of antiquated notions of physical daring, courage is much more about making small choices to take initiative even when we are experiencing anxiety and facing risk.

Interestingly, the very experience of fear itself is the tip-off moment, the signal that a possibility for action is opening up and so a choice needs to be made.

Nowadays it is seen as a shame, to marry a girl who is a mother, who has never been married. I want to get rid of that prejudice.

Love is always true and eternal.Love can't be untrue or occasional.

If technique is of no interest to a writer, I doubt that the writer is an artist.

You can always tell folks from nonfolks. Folks like to feel good, like to smile for the camera when there's a big photo opportunity for a really good cause.

I was aware of the risks I was taking, but I did'nt care.

Always treat others with kindness, for it may be their last memory of you.

Marketing is for companies who have sucky products.

Back in the Rat Pack days, we'd take Frank's plane and sit dead center, because of Nancy. We'd watch the Rat Pack in the center ring and you couldn't ask for a better thing.

Parents do not own their children. They have no ‘natural right’ to control their education fully.

You can't lose with the Stuff I use!

My lyrics are my diary - you're hearing every detail of my life.