Life is a gamble. You can get hurt but people die in plane crashes lose their arms and legs in car accidents people die every day. Same with fighters: some die some get hurt some go on. You just don't let yourself believe it will happen to you.

It's best to have failure happen early in life. It wakes up the Phoenix bird in you so you rise from the ashes.

That which you create in beauty and goodness and truth lives on for all time to come. Don't spend your life accumulating material objects that will only turn to dust and ashes.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

When I judge art I take my painting and put it next to a God made object like a tree or flower. If it clashes it is not art.

I'm an angry person angrier than most people would imagine I get flashes of anger. What works for me is working out when it's useful to use that anger.

Surfing is such an amazing concept. You're taking on Nature with a little stick and saying 'I'm gonna ride you!' And a lot of times Nature says 'No you're not!' and crashes you to the bottom.

I was getting hot flashes and sweats on a regular basis. That's not normal even for my age.