Inspiration is not purely passive, but does favor the prepared mind.

Talent emerges over the course of a lifetime of reciprocal interactions between the developing brain and a stimulating environment.

As I drove out the wrought iron gates I had entered, I noticed for the first time how intricate and beautiful they were. They were forged by hand so many years ago and had stood the test of time.

Knowledge is power.

Jim Carrey and my dad were best friends. He would always be in my house and stuff like that.

There's a moral force in a sentence when it comes out right. It speaks the writer's will to live.

Life's accumulation is more discouraging than life itself, when stirred up.

For the first time I'm free to be myself.

If finding true love was easy we'd all have a lot more free time.

Inspiration comes from doing.

I hope for peace and sanity - it's the same thing.

My whole life is driven by love. It always has been. It's never been driven by material things - which are just benefits of doing something I loved.