There's a balance between what you want to give the world and what it needs. If you're lucky, your work is in the middle.

The only way to find your voice is to use it. It’s hardwired, built into you. Talk about the things you love. Your voice will follow.

It’s one of my theories that when people give you advice, they’re really just talking to themselves in the past.

Usually, when we talk about creativity, it's about self-expression, which is great, but for work to be art or design, there has to be someone on the other end. The audience makes the work come alive.

Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.

Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.

You can’t be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again.

You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.

The thing is: It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don't have that energy if you waste it on other stuff.

Don't worry about doing research. Just search.

You can't find your voice if you don't use it.

I don’t need words, I just need you to come back.” - Taryn

She enjoyed the sights and sounds of the dockside – ports were places of freedom.

I write a book of poems and then the characters won't go away so I write a play from that.

We can make America a clean-energy super-power and create good-paying jobs in the process.

The natural resources we've depended on, if the places where they exist are not stable, our own livelihood and our health is put at risk.

I would love to play Bobby in COMPANY. Also, I would love to play George in SUNDAY.

Boxing is a business and if it makes sense, other than my brother (Anthony), damn right I'll fight him.

If Donald Trump had said something like I'm going to raise taxes on the middle class, it would be all over the news. You would be questioning his sanity.

It's no accident that I'm not married and don't have kids yet.

Grief manifests differently in different people. We all get through things in our own time.