We are none of us promised anything but the last breath we take.

You are only a prisoner when you surrender.

...Coca-Cola and fries, the wafer and wine of the Western religion of commerce.

Confident. Cocky. Lazy. Dead.

Though talent is wonderful, dance is 80% work and 20% talent.

Every time we tell a lie, the thing we fear grows stronger.

A well-aimed spear is worth three.

Never trust people that like to call things by initials, that's my philosophy.

Sleep. To lie down and shut out the noise, the fear, the unceasing misery.

Every man is the hero of his own song.

If the bears don't get you, it's home.

Reading keeps me sane. Growing up, it was my scape, my alternative; it provided both rebellion and peace.

The only shots you can be sure of are those you've had already.

Participatory culture shifts the focus of literacy from one of individual expression to community involvement.

I must be the only person of my age who doesn't have a bloody gong. They are so common in show business.

Boxing is about being hit rather more than it is about hitting, just as it is about feeling pain, if not devastating psychological paralysis, more than it is about winning.

I am a former economist. I never went to photography school to learn photography.

Sometimes we give too much too soon. Sometimes we hold back for too long. This is our beautiful dance. Our imperfect dance. This is the dance that makes us human.

Chess is one long regret.

Smiling is mostly about smiling more.

Truth is great and will prevail if left to herself.