When I look into the future, it's so bright it burns my eyes.

I want people to be more open and tolerant. I want them to know that behind every stranger is a backstory that is the common denominator - for we all share in the human experience: pain, sadness, grief, lack of love, and then, with hope and help, step by step achievements.

There's a surge, there's a kind of energy field that says, 'I'm in my groove, I'm in my groove.' and nobody has to tell you, 'You go, girl,' because you know you're already gone.

It is your life and it is worth risking everything to make it yours.

Keeping a journal will change your life in ways that you'd never imagine.

Your life's work is to find your life's work-and then to exercise the discipline, tenacity, and hard work it takes to pursue it

I wasn't the cutest or the most talented, but I could get through the question-and-answer period.