It's what I call the haute couture, high-end version of fear perfectionism. It's just fear in really good shoes. But it's still fear.

I am far more of a loner than people would imagine. But I am the most gregarious and socially interactive loner you ever met. The thing is, I am fascinated by people's stories and I'm very talkative and can't ever say no to anything or anyone, so I tend to over-socialize, to give away too much of my time to the many people I adore.

traveling is the great true love of my life

Sometimes life is too hard to be alone, and sometimes life is too good to be alone.

I've never seen any life transformation that didn't begin with the person in question finally getting tired of their own bullshit.

Happiness is the consequence of personal effort. You must fight for it, strive for it, and insist upon it.

Most of humanity, he said, have eyes that are so caked shut with the dust of deception they will never see the truth, no matter who tries to help them.