"The strongest influences in my life and my work are always whomever I love. Whomever I love and am with most of the time, or whomever I remember most vividly. I think that's true of everyone, don't you?"

"Success and failure are equally disastrous."

"Life is all memory, except for the one present moment that goes by you so quickly you hardly catch it going."

"To be free is to have achieved your life."

"The only question to ask yourself is, how much are you willing to sacrifice to achieve this success?"

"Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody."

"I think the end goal, hopefully, is to take advantage of the attention I've gotten along the way and use it for good and build some communities, and as I get older I can continue to do things and be surrounded by things that are inspirational to me."

"Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying."