"And wisdom is a butterfly And not a gloomy bird of prey...."

“It doesn't make sense to change who you are just to hang out with people you think are cool. You know, you just have to be yourself.”

“Nature, God, or whatever you want to call the creator of the universe comes through the microscope clearly and strongly”

Source : "Roman Vishniac (ICP library of photographers)" by Roman Vishniac, p. 42, 1974.

“To me, Venice and Ocean Park were gaiety. I had not been allowed to go to those things as a youngster.”

“Everyone (consciously or subconsciously) feels alone too - but no matter what, we're actually ALL together.”

Source : "Origin Series: Empire Actor Adam Rodriguez". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

“As a younger actor coming up, I wanted to be in films. There's something special about being on film sets; there's an excitement; the people in every department are passionate about what they do.”

“For artists diving into a new technology, it is a triple short-cut to mastery: you get a free ride on the novelty of the medium; there are no previous masters to surpass; and after a few weeks, you are the master. Try that with the violin.”

“I cannot take every case that people ask me to take.”

“My advice would be to write -never to stop writing, to keep it up all the time, to be painstaking about it, to write until you begin to write.”