With any good story, you need the adversary, the heroes and villains. You need a good mixture to make it work.

La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city.

The world is waiting for you. Good luck. Travel safe. Go!

I love stories. When I tell a story, I try to think of people sitting around a crackling campfire.

I love underdogs, people who have achieved extraordinary things against the odds.

Riding a bicycle is about getting back to basics. It's good for the waistline and it's good for the wallet, is what I'm saying.

I do believe that out of adversity comes incredible resourcefulness.

We have a gift of life. What we do with that gift is dependent on the choices we make. The people who we spend time with. The things that we go out to do every day.

There are times where you can't always get paid to do the things you really want to do. What really epitomizes your dream job is the job that pays you to do what you want to do.

I love to be challenged because I'm wrong a lot of the times.

All of us make assumptions about what somebody's potential is, because we all think of why somebody can or can't do something. We make terrible assumptions.

All the repressed emotions and subconscious desires in time lead to some kind of psychological or physiological breakdown, if kept unchecked.

It is not enough for the hand to touch a book and turn its pages. The pages of a book must touch the heart.

The biggest lie women tell themselves about men: When I get what I want, I will be happy.

Do not destroy anybody’s peace. You will find peace.

It's more than Fifth Harmony, the girl group - it's a sisterhood.

The human body is mostly blood and mystery and sadness.

For me taking a pragmatic decision when it comes to art is almost an oxymoron. The reason I first picked up a pen and wrote a story had nothing pragmatic in it.

Most presidents have been controlled by forces that control money and special interests. When Donald Trump refused their money, he refused their control. This made him dangerous.

It's always inspiring to watch live music.

I love Topsail Island, which my grandparents helped settle in 1950, despite the racial tensions. I wanted to immortalize my deep connection to this special island forever.