The older we get the less afraid we are.

I wouldn't change a single thing, because one change alters every moment that follows it.

We're all imperfect, and life is simply a perpetual, unending struggle against those imperfections.

You don't have to become something you're not to be better than you were.

In America, it is difficult to be your own man.

As I entered this world, I would leave behind the nurturing of my family and my home, but in another sense I would take their protection with me. The lessons I had learned, the feelings of groundedness and belonging that have been woven into my character there, would be my companions on the journey.

I was born two months early, and everyone had given up on me. But my mother insisted on my life.