I kind of thought when I was 30 that you're as good as your going to get. And that's not true.

I always tell people I'm grateful for my cancer diagnosis because it was the greatest gift because it completely changed my life. I was able to stop and let my whole life and world just crash over me like a wave. And I stood there and went, 'Wow.' And for the first time, I stopped everything. I had to.

I'm not one for big public displays of affection, anyway. Straight, gay, whatever.

It's the closest to death I have ever been. The chemotherapy takes you as far down into hell as you've ever, ever been.

Don't let anyone tell you that you have to be a certain way. Be unique. Be what you feel.

There's a point when your tape of life runs off the reel and there's this stillness of your own - I got to know myself.

Cancer's like the ultimate excuse. Who's gonna say, 'Oh, no, you have to show up for this one?' 'Hey, I got cancer. I can't be there.' It's the ultimate eraser.