They classify my motivational speeches as rants...

Everyone's always telling you to be humble. When was the last time someone told you to be great?

Would you believe in what you believe in if you were the only one who believed it?

Even a broke clock is right twice a day

Life is 5% what happens, and 95% how you react.

This is my life homie, you decide yours

Believe in your flyness...conquer your shyness

Nothing in life is promised except death.

Everything I'm not makes me everything I am

You're not perfect, but you're not your mistakes.

You basically can say anything to someone on an email or text as long as you put LOL at the end.

I'd rather be in danger with you than be safe without you.

There is a wide world out there, full of pain, but filled with joy as well. The former keeps you on the path of growth and the latter makes the journey tolerable.

What's it like to be a baby? It's like being in love in Paris for the first time after you've had three double espressos.

When it comes down to it, I'd rather have an action figure than a Golden Globe.

Man Is Something That Must Be Overcome

telling the truth about children's lives is radical.

We sell books, other people sell shoes. What's the difference? Publishing isn't the highest art.

everybody fancies they have that rare thing, a sense of humour.

Grace, not willpower, is what ultimately empowers us to live loving lives. Creativity, both in what spawns within the artist and the artifact, can be a vital source of that grace.