Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

Write. Write until it stops hurting.

Simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.

Real artists ship.

Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.

If you're white and you're wrong, then you're wrong; if you're black and you're wrong, you're wrong. People are people. Black, blue, pink, green – God make no rules about color; only society make rules where my people suffer, and that why we must have redemption and redemption now.

The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy.