Whether it's music, loss of something, loneliness or friendship - if that emotion is heightened in some way and painted to fit in between the covers of 32 pages, that can become a picture book.

My goal is to create a book where the entire book-text, pictures, shape of book-work together to create the theme. The placement of images and text on the page is crucial for me.

Openness is something any teacher strives to instill in his or her students.

My wilderness training was 4 years and 10 months of solitude, search and study.

The dream is not a drug but a way. Listen to where it can take you.

An industrious mother is an initiator of a good course

So here's my theory, and this is such crap science, I don't have to tell you. It's science without microscopes, blood tests, or reality.

It is easier for a man to be loyal to his club than to his planet; the bylaws are shorter, and he is personally acquainted with the other members.

People don't tend to lie about themselves when they're in imminent danger.

The biggest risk factor for cancer is aging.

If someone you know is diagnosed with cancer, give them a call or send them a letter to tell them how sorry you are and to let them know how much you care.

I didn't trust adults because I thought they were all kind of corrupted.

Everybody wants to be good, but not many are prepared to make the sacrifices it takes to be great.