For someone who can’t remember very much, there seems to be a lot I can’t forget.

When you have been burned by fire once, you don't leap into the flames again.

I always hated when my scars started to fade, because as long as I could still see them, I knew why I was hurting.

Just when you think you've got your life by the reins, that's when it's most likely to run away with you.

That's what happens to dreams, life gets in the way.

Like the teens I worked with, I understood the need for miracles--they kept reality from paralyzing you

Read a ton. Take a workshop course so you learn to give and get criticism.