The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.

One looks back with appreciation to the brilliant teachers, but with gratitude to those who touched our human feelings.

The wine of youth does not always clear with advancing years; sometimes it grows turbid.

There is no coming to consciousness without pain.

It was surreal to step out of my own existence and see how most American children experience things.

I feel like a lot of people have a hard time finding what they do, or they have a job or career and not a passion. That's miserable for me. Just find your purpose; understand that you have one life to live.

Improv changed my life in the best way. I gained so much confidence and really learned how to use my sense of humor to do something other than make sarcastic comments to the TV, though that remains one of my best skills. I stayed in Chicago for college mainly to continue doing improv, which was an awesome decision for me.

Our bodies are at once the receiving and transmitting stations for life itself. It is the highest wisdom to recognize this fact and train our bodies to render them sensitive and responsive to nature. art and religion.