The bulk of life is discovering who you are—and then reconciling that with who you wish you were.

Music is my enchanter, the seducer of my emotions, the fire and ice that moves me.

I survive on moments of make-believe happiness.

Imagine fantasy and pretend as neither fantastical nor pretended.....and then believe it.

Family gathersto share good noise and good food.Gratitude abounds.

It is an incapacitating emotion one feels upon hearing the whispered words "I still love you" after deeply hurting that soul. Forgiveness isn't weakness.It is power.

Reality is a background so painted over by our own perceptions that every eye sees the world differently.

Theories look great on paper until reality scribbles all over the page.

Dreams become reality once the dreamer goes beyond imagining and acts them out.

I can and will improve the world.I will smile, show kindness, and be grateful.I refuse to be unhappy.

Giddy is a grin and giggles and that glint of goofiness in your gaze.

One thing is painfully clear-I can't trust anyone.

The American people don't believe politicians. They don't believe business leaders or Hollywood celebrities or athletes or other supposed role models. And they certainly don't believe the news media.

Take risks and you'll get the payoffs. Learn from your mistakes until you succeed.

We cannot change our rulers, but we can change the way they rule us.

Miley Cyrus is about making money. Amanda Palmer is about making art.

I grew up in environment that had more women in science.

Childhood play is nothing more than an expression of our individuality and preparation for human interaction.

Not having a father helping you grow into manhood and teaching you those things about how to be a man hurts. It hurt my brothers because their fathers weren't involved in their lives.

My kids are the funniest two human beings there are.

Getting to a place of comfort can be uncomfortable.