Don’t let fear stop you from being who you are.

The most important thing is to tell a good story. Everything else is secondary.

People are just as wonderful as sunsets if you let them be. When I look at a sunset, I don't find myself saying, "Soften the orange a bit on the right hand corner." I don't try to control a sunset. I watch with awe as it unfolds.

The past is a shadow that follows us everywhere.

To write is to resist—to resist forgetting, to resist oppression, to resist the erasure of memory.

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams.