Her eyes hold the pale moon in them, the way a still pond holds stars.

I like colorful tales with black beginnings and stormy middles and cloudless blue-sky endings. But any story will do.

Homework, I have discovered, involves a sharp pencil and thick books and long sighs.

When I'm drawing a picture, I feel...quiet inside.

Death's gruesome face taunts: soulless eyes, crimson grimace. I really hate clowns.

Growing up gorilla is just like any other kind of growing up. You make mistakes. You play. You learn. You do it all over again.

I think that in many ways, just as forgiveness is impossible without love, sometimes love requires forgiveness for it to work, too.

Pain is life. Life is pain.

Old age is a powerful disguise.

Mosquitoes are the greatest mass murderers on planet Earth.

Humans waste words. They toss them like banana peels and leave them to rot. Everyone knows the peels are the best part.

Build a valuable brand by branding what is valuable about you.

Love is the only tyrant whose reign is sweet.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.

Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness.

A person starts dying when they stop dreaming.

Immigration is a good thing. We should make that as easy as possible.

My uncle was a cop, a career cop, on the beat in downtown Chicago. He was my hero when I was growing up.

The camera is first a means of self-discovery and a means of self-growth. The artist has one thing to say - himself.

If there's a camera on me or off me, it's roughly the same, just a lot less energy.

A parent does not do everything for their kid. A parent that does everything for their kid produces a kid with no self-confidence.