I don't bask in the awards I've won, read my bank statements, I refuse. To me, that's how you start losing the hunger.

It's a funny word, persistence. It means not giving up, but it also means just passing on through time.

And even though people like to furrow their brow like they suspect you're not being honest about yourself, the truth is that they worry that you're not serving their idea of you.

Part of me would just like to relax and have one job that pays me the amount I need to survive. And another part of me wants the creativity that comes out of struggle and frustration and fear. It's a never-ending cycle, which must be how I want it, on some level.

I want to be as healthy as I can be so I can make it past 50; make it past 60 and make it past 70.

I've come to the conclusion that the average person can do about four things a day, like four real things a day.

I hear a lot of cries of socialism and certainly real disguises of "Why should I share my money with these people?" We have to get back to "we." It's important to get back to "we" not just "I."