While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.

Expressing my feelings and then the opportunity to share it with others is just such a gift.

You can't lie down in the ashes of another person's life.

The doctor said, 'He can't last a week.' And I did. And they said, 'There's no way this kid's going to last a month.' And I did. And so they said, 'Two years. He's not going to make it.' Two years. 'Five years. He can't do that.' I lived to be five years. 'He's never going to hit double digits.' And here I am, a new teenager.

Poetry is a beautiful way of expressing feelings - happy, sad, angry, caring. It's also a way that we share with other people, to help them with those feelings.

I've gotten books published. I've met famous people that are very nice. I look back and I say, 'Wow. Thank you, God, for giving me this gift. And thank you for helping me to keep going.'

While we are living in the present, we must celebrate life every day, knowing that we are becoming history with every work, every action, every deed.