A lot of people will ignore positive words when they are down and accept negative words. Those people never get better.

Seeing pictures of other places around the world makes me feel more important. Reminds me, even though life is short, there's so much to do.

Being in a wheelchair has made everyday things difficult. Things you wouldn't imagine. Like the looks I get at high school basketball games when they tell everyone to stand for the National Anthem.

Sometimes when I'm writing, I wonder if the words have a mind of their own, and if they're really just using me as a puppet to manifest themselves.

Sometimes, when I'm alone, I wonder if it really counts as being alone, since I am covered in millions of other living organisms.

One time, I went to a restaurant and I asked the waiter for some food for thought. He left, came back, and tried shoving a sirloin in my ear.

When a fire rises, don't be quick to worry. Find the purpose of the fire, if it's negative, water it down, if positive, feed the flames.

I knew a kid who stuck a knife in the toaster on a few occasions. He learned it hurt. He grew up to be a great electrician.

Stop wasting any more time looking outside of 'you' for what is not there. Look within and you will find the treasure you seek.

The glamour's off. Almost any question you ask can be answered. It's only the questions that you didn't know to ask that remain, dancing the can-can behind your back. The unknown unknowns.

Oh no! Don't drag us away from Antartica and take us to the playground of the rich and famous! Not that briar patch! -Max

I'm interested in directing movies about situations that I've lived, so they are almost a personal essay about what I've come to believe in.

We are not our brother’s keeper we are our brother and we are our sister. We must look past complexion and see community.

Whatever adventure you are into, whatever you are doing, your attention should be on your spirit.

In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.

The extermination of millions of unborn children, in the name of the fight against poverty, actually constitutes the destruction of the poorest of all human beings.

My advice: Don't quit. When I got to New York City, I lived so far below the poverty line, because I didn't give in and get a job at 7-Eleven. I think you can thrive in misery.

I am just another dot in the world