A friend of mine gave me a very good piece of advice, which is if you don't think your kids are going to want it, don't take it.

I gave up on ever trying to get 'my way.' I barely knew it existed.

Grime is not like messiness or some fingerprints on a cabinet; it takes a long time to accumulate.

You could pray all you want that you have a massive stroke while you're working and die, but possibly that won't happen, and you'll be in this bed, and somebody's going to have to clean you up.

I like being able to go grocery shopping and not feel that Im fighting a thousand people.

I think when you really love something, you notice the minutiae.

I used to love to draw things that made me laugh or made friends laugh. When I was 13 or 14, I started thinking, This is what I like to do more than anything else.