I've never been competitive with anybody but myself..

When you're the ingénue no one is really interested in you for that..

I am not an African. I am an American..

Politics is a highly tribal business..

You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. Please remember that your difficulties do not define you. They simply strengthen your a….

No one survives life..

Charge for something and make more than you spend..

If you push too much for somebody that everyone knows is your friend, and that you've worked with before, it can backfire..

Strength is for service, not status.

I don't pull, I just receive..

You can change so many things in your life, but you cannot change where you come from. It's something that you have to deal with: the role everybody ….

The short story feels like the most natural length for prose fiction, or certainly for the kind of ideas and situations I like to encounter..

There is only one thing Donald Trump is interested in, and that's Donald Trump..

Be bold. You gotta be bold..

For Myrth prolongeth lyfe, and causeth health..

Everyone has a right to rest so as not to injure themselves..

I'm always geeking out about something..

My drive is something that I don't fully understand..

Nothing is true unless it works. And it has to work for you, not for someone else..

In life, we will always encounter difficult people. Don't allow them to frustrate you or steal your joy..

Upward, not Northward.