Fortunately, I had cousins who lived in Buffalo and would often go to visit them, which I loved to do because I liked Buffalo as it was a big city. Even today, the bigger the city, the better.

You can find inspiration in everything. If you can't, then you're not looking properly.

What I adore is mixing the unexpected, things you don't imagine should go together

Don't dress for fashion, dress for yourself

Stop making sense. Logic is predictable. Think differently.

Many people look but they do not see.

Fashion is about today and tomorrow. Nobody cares how good you used to be

People, even children, aren't really afraid of change. They're afraid of not being prepared for change.

When life closes a door, God opens a window.

I think I was really naïve. I had no context to think about what I wanted to do. Each step was a next stage of exploration.

Experience is the best teacher. A compelling story is a close second.

Your vision is like a seed, which a sower sows in the ground

Don’t just timidly swing at the problems in your life, swing hard enough to knock them out! Small efforts produce small results, big efforts produce big results!

Forgiveness is the joy of friendship.

...the essential intention is the real sin. A man who cannot choose ceases to be a man.

And much of Madness, and more of Sin, And Horror the soul of the plot.

What adults call 'wrong' in Child Art is the most beautiful and most precious. I value highly those things done by small children. They are the first and purest source of artistic creation.

I'm focusing on writing the best story I can write. Which means I'm doing everything I can to give the artist within me as much power as possible.

Big scandal on the new 'Survivor' series. The white, the black and the Hispanic teams were caught cheating off the Asian team.

I have to find work wherever it might be hiding.

In terms of melody, I am really into great 90's melodies. I feel like there was a great focus on melody in the 90's, like 90's pop-hooks and 90's R&B hooks; I just love them.