"Few artists are able to accurately assess just how valuable and great their work is - or how much it will be appreciated by its audience. In other words, insecurity is the name of the game."

“People need to see where their dollars are going and what infrastructure is being built.”

“I've had this unbelievable amount of good fortune and I'm just so thankful for it. But at the same time I feel exceptionally guilty. I have so many friends who are talented graduates of Juilliard and are exceptional actors and I'm the lucky one that somehow got such a fortunate break.”

“The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing.”

“We are all continually asked to learn how to ask for what we need, only to practice accepting what we're given.”

“Assumptions are usually presumptuous but often correct.”

“Boys are capital fellows in their own way, among their mates; but they are unwholesome companions for grown people.”

“Part of our western outlook stems from the scientific attitude and its method of isolating the parts of a phenomenon in order to analyze them.”

“I sat back, allowing Wes's words to sink in. Then I responded, "I guess it's hard sometimes to distinguish between second chances and last chances.”

Source : Wes Moore (2010). “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates”, p.67, Spiegel & Grau