Elton John said to me, "I have all the negatives."

Success is falling nine times and getting up ten.

Don't get too comfortable with who you are at any given time - you may miss the opportunity to become who you want to be.

Believe in love. Believe in magic. Hell, believe in Santa Clause. Believe in others. Believe in yourself. Believe in your dreams. If you don't, who will?

As for his secret to staying married: "My wife tells me that if I ever decide to leave, she is coming with me."

We all need to be blind sometimes in order to see.

Miracles happen everyday, change your perception of what a miracle is and you'll see them all around you.

Map out your future - but do it in pencil. The road ahead is as long as you make it. Make it worth the trip.

It's easy to say, 'I love you,' to someone, but it's more meaningful to thank someone for loving you.

Just because someone has fancy sneakers doesn't mean they can run faster.

Nothing is as important as passion. No matter what you want to do with your life, be passionate.

When we asked him to sum up his impression of the girls' emotional state at that point, he said, "Buffeted but not broken.

Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.

I just learn from other people. And I try to get strengths from other people and the things they do, the things they can overcome in their lives.

I grew up in an era where an orchestra was like a treasure chest.

When you have bacon in your mouth, it doesn't matter who's president.

As someone with a novelistic background, I just didn't have much interest in creating stories by committee. I don't think you necessarily get the best story through that approach.

We cannot wait any longer to deal with the structural causes of poverty, in order to heal our society from an illness that can only lead to new crises.

Love songs in particular are so compelling because love is probably the strongest emotion you can have, and I think it's relatable to absolutely everyone, whether it's unrequited love or love.

I like guts in my leaders.

Eat like you love yourself. Move like you love yourself. Speak like you love yourself. Act like you love yourself.