You just have to decide if you're a Tigger or an Eeyore.

Earnestness is highly underestimated. It comes from the core, while hip is trying to impress you on the surface.

If you’re going to have childhood dreams you should have great parents who let you pursue them and express your creativity

Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish.

The most difficult part of writing a book is not devising a plot which will captivate the reader. It's not developing characters the reader will have strong feelings for or against. It is not finding a setting which will take the reader to a place he or she as never been. It is not the research, whether in fiction or non-fiction. The most difficult task facing a writer is to find the voice in which to tell the story.

If I was able to tell my story with the passion I felt, my lecture might help others find a path to fulfilling their own dreams.

Look, I'm going to find a way to be happy, and I'd really love to be happy with you, but if I can't be happy with you, then I'll find a way to be happy without you.