If you work around at-risk teen students, actually tell them you love them and have faith in their success. No one tells them that. No one.

Writing fulfils an insatiable drive. Finishing the story satisfies my thirst. But I must keep drinking until the story quenches a buyer.

Sometimes healing comes after helping someone that is going through the same trauma you went through. Help yourself by helping others.

Ah, woman. She is an enigma. An anomaly of perfection & irony. She can lure angels into her arms & give birth to a nation of ideologies.

Sometimes, all it takes is your smile (even if forced) & a domino effect of smiles happen ... infectious.

We can not escape tragic roads. It is like grasping at the sun & trying to catch air. We must take one step at-a-time. Keep going.

When teachers doubt your potential, show them how wrong they truly are.