I always imagined myself somehow as an electron around some atom, and you're just, like, bouncing around and spinning. There was a never-ending supply of places to go, people to see, things to do, and fitting it all in became kind of an art.

I always hustled to make money and pay for school. I was never afraid of hard work.

Sometimes I just like the feeling of being a minority and seeing how far you can push yourself in extreme circumstances.

Not everything has a happy ending, and not everything has an ending. Some things just kind of dribble away or cut off abruptly.

For a surfer, it's never-ending. There's always some wave you want to surf.

A career path is rarely a path at all. A more interesting life is usual a more crooked, winding path of missteps, luck and vigorous work. It is almost always a clumsy balance between the things you try to make happen and the things that happen to you.