I call myself the Amusement Park. That's because I'm funny and scary at the same time.

Never stop being YOU. I am out to be the best ME I can be. Do what you LOVE and you will be badass.

You get better at working by working. And if you don't work, you're not getting better.

Never let anyone define you. You are the only person who defines you. No one can speak for you. Only you speak for you. You are your only voice.

Never stop! Slow down sometimes, but never stop!

It ain't easy being cheesy!

You can't be perfect, so enjoy your imperfections.

The thing that you think is imperfect about you, is the thing that makes you who you are. It separates you from everybody else.

It's great to be strong but strength is nothing without having compassion.

Trying to be cool is the easiest path to mediocrity

I'm African-American by my culture, not by my color. Race does not exist.

Art makes the spirit soar. And when the spirit is lifted, life follows.

I had everything that I needed, but every morning when I woke up, it just seemed easier to stay in bed and daydream rather than to live my dream.

What if they gave a war and nobody came?

...You deserve to be happy. What can I do?" Don't send me away, I thought. He looked at me again. "What do you want?" "I want to taste an apple," I said. And your lips, I thought.

Maybe the '50s and '60s were more awkward because everyone knew there were things under the surface, but no one talked about them.

I put fruit on top of my waffles, because I want something to brush off.

We do not want to lose our grief, because our grief is bound up with our love and we could not cease to mourn without being robbed of our affections.

I was going to get drafted, but I didn't really want to go into the Army.

We never live so intensely as when we love strongly. We never realize ourselves so vividly as when we are in full glow of love for others.

Habitual liars invent falsehoods not to gain any end or even to deceive their hearers, but to amuse themselves. It is partly practice and partly habit. It requires an effort in them to speak truth.