I grew up in Hollywood, California. A lot of my parents' friends were in the motion picture industry, but I saw their doctor friends as more solid. I admired them; there was a peacefulness in them, a sense of purpose that I liked. So I became very interested in being a surgeon.

Look at what happened in the Past. Learn something valuable from it. Do things differently in the present.

Smell the cheese often so you know when it is getting old.

Life moves on and so should we

Pain is the difference between what is and what I want it to be.

Movement in new direction helps find new cheese.

Integrity is telling myself the truth. And honesty is telling the truth to other people.