I want to inspire people. I want someone to look at me and say, 'Because of you, I didn't give up.'

The only obsession everyone wants: ‘love.’ People think that in falling in love they make themselves whole? The Platonic union of souls? I think otherwise. I think you’re whole before you begin. And the love fractures you. You’re whole, and then you’re cracked open.

Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.

You can't please everyone, so just be yourself.

Democracy is not just voting, it's a way of life based on the respect of diversity and tolerance.

Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present.