Like any art, the creation of self is both natural and seemingly impossible. It requires training as well as magic.

When we make mistakes, say, I'm blessed that I have an opportunity to learn from this.

If you have the guts to keep making mistakes, your wisdom and intelligence leap forward with huge momentum.

Once women are not excluded, I don't think any of us will give a damn what pronouns are used. That wasn't the point.

Why do we kill people who are killing people to show that killing people is wrong?

Leaping away from my mistakes has propelled me forward. It has great force behind it. It makes for great storytelling.

To be always in a state of wonder is a kind of sensitivity that can sometimes be an extraordinary blessing and sometimes a real pain.

I am selfish. I reach for the world I want to live in. And I believe in leaving our best we can do to our children

Music can be used against us as much as it can be used for us. Muzak can put a whole nation to sleep, whereas a lullaby is intended to put a child to sleep in a sweet way.

You just keep feeding hogwash to people, and pretty soon they'll eat it.

You can't just leave out one part; the bread won't rise if the yeast isn't there.

In the middle of life, death comesto take your measurements. The visitis forgotten and life goes on. But the suitis being sewn on the sly.

Comparing yourself to others does nothing for you. Society has conditioned us to value people who fit a secular mold of perfection".

Religion is the idol of the mob it adores everything it does not understand.

I was typing away while everybody was dropping acid and smoking grass. I was known as my own square.

Every time I set foot on that trail, I feel grateful for the PCTA for doing the work it does to protect and preserve it

When you're shopping you forget about eating!

Each fresh peak ascended teaches something.

I feel incredibly fortunate to have had the level of success I've had. I was just writing stories for my own sons.

I've been taking pictures since I was probably 16. I'm 54, and I can't believe how excited I am.