"Do you think I know what I'm doing? That for one breath or half-breath I belong to myself? As much as a pen knows what it's writing, or the ball can guess where it's going next."

“Light is my inspiration, my paint and brush. It is as vital as the model herself. Profoundly significant, it caresses the essential superlative curves and lines. Light I acknowledge as the energy upon which all life on this planet depends.”

“When a man is shooting a handgun, it's just like he is shooting because that's his job, and he has no other choice. It's no good. When a girl is shooting a handgun, it's really something.”

“I understand how hard it is to talk to people about MS. You don't want pity or random advice.”

“Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.”

Source : Richard J. Foster (1995*). “Richard Foster's treasury of Christian discipline”, Jossey-Bass

“I have fantasies of burning down an insurance company just so THEY have to make a claim.”

“Work ethic is the most important component of being successful.”

“We shouldn't feel insulated just because water flows freely from our taps.”

Source : "We Are Not Immune to the Water Crisis" by Jessica Yu, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 1, 2012.

“I feel like I come from a smaller off shoot of black people because I am mixed. People say I'm African American but that doesn't include the other half of me.”

Source : Interview with Melissa Silverstein, www.huffingtonpost.com. July 6, 2009.