"Courage is leaning into the doubts and fears to do what you know is right even when it doesn't feel natural or safe."

“There's always someone who secretly believes in myths and legends; or at least parts of them. Those are the people who will look beyond the obvious and see things in this world that are truly wonderful... But they won't say anything, even if they do. Because the rest of us who view the world as logical and scientific wouldn't see the truth if it was posted up on a billboard.”

“It's fundamental that what we do only exists in our own universe. When you like Pet Shop Boys, you are in our world.”

“I was always working, so I would get reading done very late at night a lot of times.”

“No matter what happens in life, be good to people. Being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind.”

Source : Yanni (2003). “Yanni in Words”

“The world is a beautiful place, travel has been my greatest teacher, my close friends and folks are the greatest givers. I even have a ring of support around my bed as I type … Goodbye world. Spread good energy. Pay it forward!”

Source : Lawrence Ferlinghetti (1994). “These are My Rivers: New & Selected Poems, 1955-1993”, p.73, New Directions Publishing

“If I have a huge audience, I'd like a bigger audience; maybe slightly a slightly more illustrious audience.”

“Oh no! This is bad. I think my heart was just stolen a little”

“Any writer, I suppose, feels that the world into which he was born is nothing less than a conspiracy against the cultivation of his talent.”