At the University of Maryland, my first year I started off planning to major in art because I was interested in theatre design, stage design or television design.

Do the jobs you like least first. It makes each successive job easier.

I know that I personally have felt quite happy because I've done what I wanted to do. I pursued my interests and have thus managed to combine my business with lots of fun. I guess my only advice is to do what you enjoy, and try to do your best with it.

All of a sudden you realise that you are the person who has control of your life.

When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there.

I've always tried to present a positive view of the world in my work. It's so much easier to be negative and cynical and predict doom for the world than it is to try and figure out how to make things better. We have an obligation to do the latter.

Watch out for the icy patch