The years after 50 can be a time of great productivity, meaningful work, pleasure, creativity, and innovation. It's a huge opportunity.

My goal is to see that mental illness is treated like cancer.

There might be false starts and do-overs.You are entitled to experiment before you find your calling.

I'm not driven by killer ambition. I'm not a workaholic. I'm a good team player. I don't have to be captain, but I do want to play on a winning team.

You cannot look at a sleeping cat and feel tense.

Sometimes it takes the better part of a lifetime to find out what your passion is, but in my observation, if you do, it might be the best part of your life.

Many people come to reinvention when life changes around them, but people come in all different stripes. I'm oriented to change.

The most likely moment for something incredible to happen to me was the moment I was most certain nothing ever would.

A diagnosis is burden enough without being burdened by secrecy and shame.

New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.

Kids learn more from example than from anything you say; I'm convinced they learn very early not to hear anything you say, but to watch what you do.

I want to be justice, love and the wrath of God all in one.

The best is the cheapest.

Journalism is about results. It's about affecting your community or your society in the most progressive way.

The right to hope is the most powerful human motivation I know.

Ultimately, I remain optimistic about not just America's future, but the direction that the world is growing.

Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief.

Once a week, I like to slip into a deep existential depression where I lose all my sense of oneness and self-worth.

Finding someone to share your life with is one of the most important things a human can do and was preached to me by my mother.

You write the facts as you see them, and there isn't a lull with a lot of description. No wonder people like to write about murder mysteries and dead bodies!

We wanted to make sure that the film covered the main issues of his life. Musicianship, appearance.