The difference between failure and survival is that coping skill you used in between the struggles.

Winning isn't as sweet if you don't see an enemy cry. But remember, losers wail loud no matter what.

Listen to the arts of kids, their hands when tied have wings.

You see, at young age I had known how bitter taste like and it all started with a cup of brewed coffee.

I was born a sheep & I cannot be a goat through pledge of hands.

In poetry, the best way to say cuss words is to hide it behind metaphors.

my mother is a good mathematicianshe was able to divide 3 eggsinto 8 mouths equally every day

Erm, I don't really have any regrets.

I try not to focus on the gender issue too much but I think you have to acknowledge it in order for it to go away.

A lot of writing takes place in the subconscious, and it's bound to have an effect.

At times when you're adapting a book into a movie, you have to take certain creative liberties to bridge the gap between the two forms of media.

Anything can happen if you are willing to put in the work and remain open to the possibility. Dreams are realized by effort, determination, passion and staying connected to that sense of who you are.

And then when I went to stay in '68, I can honestly say that I was not focused on my career and on what it took to be a major league pitcher and to be a starting pitcher.

I was a kid from Oklahoma who never wanted to be a singer, but was told I could sing. And things snowballed.

Contrary to all those times you've heard a writer confess at a reading that he writes fiction because he is a pathological liar, fiction writing is all about telling the truth.

"Percy, you're a brave guy," She said. "Just take the compliment. I swear, is it so hard?"

You can't lie when you dance. It's so direct. You do what is in you. It is impossible to dance out of the side of your mouth.