“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.”

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

“Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.”

“Practice any art, music, singing, dancing, acting, drawing, painting, sculpting, poetry, fiction, essays, reportage, no matter how well or badly, not to get money and fame, but to experience becoming, to find out what's inside you, to make your soul grow.”