I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation.

Put God first in everything you do ... Everything that I have is by the grace of God, understand that. It's a gift ... I didn't always stick with Him, but He stuck with me.

Goals on the road to achievement cannot be achieved without discipline and consistency.

Be careful what you ask for because when you pray for rain, you have to deal with the mud as well.

Don't aspire to make a living, aspire to make a difference.

Why do we close our eyes when we pray, cry, kiss, or dream? Because the most beautiful things in life are not seen but felt by the heart.

The chances you take… the people you meet… the people you love...the faith that you have - that’s what’s going to define your life.

Do what you have to do, to do what you want to do.

To protect the sheep, you gotta catch the wolf. And it takes a wolf to catch a wolf, you understand?

A man once told me that you step out of your door in the morning, and you are already in trouble. The only question is are you on top of that trouble or not?

Nothing in life is worthwhile unless you take risks. Fall forward. Every failed experiment is one step closer to success.

By faith you can work miracles and perform heroic deeds

Much depends on asking the right question at the right time.

Pity that child who was born near Rouen, His only crime, to arrive deformed.

It frequently happens that two persons, reasoning right on a mechanical subject, think alike and invent the same thing without any communication with each other.

I come from the so-called Third World (what is the Second)?

Any attempts at autobiography before the age of eighty seem pretty self-involved to me. There are a lot of smart middle aged people but not many wise ones.

Place bets on your dreams and be your own hero!

I love experimental writing, when it's good, and good examples are much more likely to be found in the short form.

I like Alexander McQueen's work a lot: he's always pushing boundaries, and he's rough around the edges.

My big dream was to work as a photographer for 'National Geographic.'