The heart of creativity is an experience of the mystical union; the heart of the mystical union is an experience of creativity.

Growth is an erratic forward movement: two steps forward, one step back. Remember that and be very gentle with yourself.

What we really want to do is what we are really meant to do. When we do what we are meant to do, money comes to us, doors open for us, we feel useful, and the work we do feels like play to us.

The voice of our original self is often muffled, overwhelmed, even strangled, by the voices of other people’s expectations.

I have learned, as a rule of thumb, never to ask whether you can do something. Say, instead, that you are doing it. Then fasten your seat belt. The most remarkable things follow.

Perfectionism is not a quest for the best. It is a pursuit of the worst in ourselves, the part that tells us that nothing we do will ever be good enough - that we should try again.

It takes constant vigilance not to slip into negativity or simple apathy. It takes courage to believe over any given period of time that we are getting better and not sliding into decline.

As you move toward a dream, the dream moves toward you.

Creativity requires faith. Faith requires that we relinquish control.

If we lean into what we love instead of soldiering toward what we 'should,' our pace quickens, our energy rises, optimism sets in. What we love is nutritious for us.

What we focus on, we empower and enlarge. Good multiplies when focused upon. Negativity multiplies when focused upon. The choice is ours: Which do we want more of?

I was born and raised in East Los Angeles by a single mom who had three biological kids and adopted four more. I never met my dad.

I think America right now is looking for somebody who appeals to every faction.

Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.

Any time a new horror film comes out that looks appealing, I'm always excited to go see it.

There can be no peace without justice, no justice without law and no meaningful law without a Court to decide what is just and lawful under any given circumstance.

I've always been athletic and a dancer, so I love doing fight choreography.

I love a hard-hit ball, a diving-play situation where you realize afterward there was no thinking involved. It was 100 percent reaction.

The public is a part of my real life.

I feel like I've passed through a certain door in my life and that I'm standing in a different room now.

It is hard to say what the future holds, but this is probable - it won't be just like the past.