Be brave enough to turn away from shiny objects, and toward the light that makes them shine.

Use anything you can think of to understand and be understood, and you'll discover the creativity that connects you with others.

Play until it's time to rest, then rest until it's time to play.

You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in school.

I've developed the habit of mentally listing things that make me optimistic about the future. I do it every day.

I'm not saying we have power over everything in our lives - if that were true, my hair would look so, so different - but I am saying that there's no circumstance in which we are completely powerless.

If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.