You’ve got to jump off the cliff all the time and build your wings on the way down.

When you come out of the storm you won’t be the same person who walked in.

Living with regrets is like driving a car that only moves in reverse.

When someone tells me “no,” it doesn't mean I can't do it, it simply means I can't do it with them.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

All art is autobiographical; the pearl is the oyster’s autobiography.

I restore myself when I'm alone. A career is born in public — talent in privacy.

If you follow the natural intentions, you get the most success out of life.

The curious paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, then I can change.

The shoe that fits one person pinches another; there is no recipe for living that suits all cases.

Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.

I want to make a New Year’s prayer, not a resolution. I’m praying for courage.