My purpose is to create a mirror for the reader to see themselves, to create a light for people to see themselves in the characters, pictures, and stories. So they resonate.

Be present in your work because kids live in the moment, so as soon as you're not in the present, you're not being authentic.

I'm an artist by trade and an author by necessity.

As a kid, I drew cartoon characters and comic book heroes. Spiderman and the X-Men were my favorites.

The world is a marketplace. We all are in business and what we areselling is our unique selves.

The purest love always reveals itself during acceptance.

Peace and unity in our lives

It is no use to grumble and complain It's just as cheap and easy to rejoice When God sorts out the weather and sends rain-Why rain's my choice.

Speaking is what most people work on. They forget the thinking and the breathing and instead try to occupy space with sound.

One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible.

When you see the political parties squabble, if a baby is not allowed to be born, all the other issues do not come into play.

Similarly you can make a transition from one set of instruments to another imperceptibly.

Maybe our mistakes are what make our fate. Without them, what would shape our lives? Perhaps, if we never veered off course, we wouldn't fall in love or have babies or be who we are.

Pawns are born free, yet they are everywhere in chains