“I am my own muse. I am the subject I know best. The subject I want to better.”

“You are free to do what you want, but you are not free to want what you want.”

“Life is given only once, and one wants to live it boldly, with full conscious and beauty.”

“Lord, protect me from what I want!”

“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the kinds of things you can't see from the center.”

“Passion is the bridge that takes you from pain to change.”

“At the end of the day, we can endure much more than we think we can.”