There is nothing better than the encouragement of a good friend.

If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.

I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.

If you realize too acutely how valuable time is, you are too paralyzed to do anything.

It's OK to turn down stuff that isn't really interesting and spend the summer with my family.

I had dreamed of visiting Bali for many years and because I had an extended family of Balinese friends in Los Angeles, I felt connected. The island is so peaceful and the smiles are constant.

I have a hard time expressing myself when I'm emotional, so my family has done this forever. We write each other letters if we're fighting or whatever. And my dad's a writer, but we write each other letters because we feel that it's easier to get out what you're truly saying if you write it down.

If I'm home, I'll be happy. And if I'm around family, and if I'm working on projects with friends, I don't know what else I'd want to be doing.