“…As soon as you start rewriting your past you realize how your failures and mistakes are what define you. Take them away and you’re nothing.”

“The secret to so many artists living so long is that every painting is a new adventure. So, you see, they’re always looking ahead to something new and exciting.The secret is not to look back.”

“Every man’s memory is his private literature.”

“In the end, it’s not going to matter how many breaths you took, but how many moments took your breath away.”

“You may be 38 years old… And one day, some great opportunity stands before you and calls you to stand up for some great principle, some great issue, some great cause. And you refuse to do it because you are afraid…. You refuse to do it because you want to…

“Youth and beauty are not accomplishments.”