You can't please everybody. There's that old saying that there's no sure formula for success, but the only sure fire formula for failure is to try to please everyone. You're not going to do that.

If youre wearing suits and you want to create your own sense of style, get to the tailor.

Human beings are good, they have shadow, every single one of us has redeeming qualities and every single one of us has qualities that people can hold against us. That’s what makes us human.

I like strong opinions - I'll take that any day over someone who agrees with everything.

Everybody thinks that equality comes from identifying people, and that's not where equality comes from.

Never forget your manners. They go a long way in both your business and personal life. If you look and act like you are making an effort, it will be appreciated.

I'm completely happy and fulfilled in my personal life.

I pretty much got busted for everything, but I definitely stretched out my boundaries as a kid, as well.

It's better to be in love than watch it.

I can safely say that I had an incredibly difficult and trying past growing up and trying to be an artist and standing up as who I am in this world.

Unfortunately, in some parts of the country, some kids are taught at an early age that being different is somehow bad or wrong or worthy of ridicule.

Take pride away from a man and you might as well run a knife through his heart.

My biggest mentor is myself because I've had to study, so that's been my biggest influence.

Sometimes we have criticism that is very constructive.

My dream is to have a house on the beach, even just a little shack somewhere so I can wake up, have coffee, look at dolphins, be quiet and breathe the air.

The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear.

Designs are a revelation to me. It's like taking something that is not alive and giving it form, shape, substance, and life.

But as soon as I joined 'Six Feet Under', I felt like I was finally doing something again that the fans really loved, and I could stop being afraid of 'Clueless' fans!

The important thing about Paris is not so much that one sees exciting work, but one meets people who feel that art is worth living completely for. This whole atmosphere is very good for work.

All the happiness there is in this world Arises from wishing others to be happy. And all the suffering there is in this world Arises from wishing oneself to be happy.

Between the desire And the spasm, Between the potency And the existence, Between the essence And the descent, Falls the Shadow.