"Success is sometimes the outcome of a whole string of failures."

“In few people is discretion stronger than the desire to tell a good story.”

Source : Murasaki Shikibu (2011). “The Tale of Genji”, p.507, Tuttle Publishing

“The greatest benefit of being a solo performer is that it is seriously frightening, but at the same time very empowering. It's just you and the audience. All the weight is on you to deliver the songs.”

“A thought experiment courtesy of the Stoics. If you are tired of everything you possess, imagine that you have lost all these things.”

Source : Jenny Offill (2014). “Dept. of Speculation”, p.45, Granta Books

“Death comes in its own time, in its own way.Death is as unique as the individual experiencing it.”

“If I’m not saying ‘Hell Yeah!’ to something, then I say no.”

“So our lives glide on: the river ends we don't know where, and the sea begins, and then there is no more jumping ashore.”

“When I tried to branch out into comedy, I didn't do very well at it, so I went back to doing what I do naturally well, or what the audience expects from me - action pictures.”

“Disability doesn't make you exceptional, but questioning what you think you know about it does.”

Source : ""I'm not your inspiration, thank you very much"". TED Talk, www.ted.com. April 2014.