No day-to-day mishaps or indignities can really compromise your sense of self after you've survived a deep tragedy.

I was brought up to never lie. Sure, I have. But in the final mix, the lies I've told are far outweighed by the truths I've lived.

Apologizes are pointless, regrets come too late. What matters is you can move, on you can grow.

Life is supposed to get tough.

My life is a party thrown for me by my own decisions.

A child is a reinvigorating experience. It almost does feel like immortality, but not in the way people think. It reminds us there are universal truths that are most simply seen through the mind of a young person.

I got fired when I was a dishwasher at Denny's. That set me back a little bit. You don't realize how important dishwashers are until you do the job.