We cannot be more sensitive to pleasure without being more sensitive to pain.

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.

All you have to do is take a close look at yourself and you will understand everyone else.

If you feel you are in a black hole, don't give up. There's a way out.

The first time you do something only happens once.

Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.

Exuberance is beauty.

There is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.

Vulnerability is important. You can’t let your skin get too thick.

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

Dismiss whatever insults your own soul.

I was smart enough to go through any door that opened.