You will not find your passion in things and you will not find your passion in money. The more things and the more money you have, the more you will look around and use that as the metric and there will be someone with more.

Brick walls are there for reason. And once you get over them-- even if someone has practically had to throw you over-- it can be helpful to others to tell them how you did it.

When we're connected to others, we become better people.

Look for the best in everybody

I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.

One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.

Brick walls are there for a reason. The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to show us how badly we want things.