Loyalty and friendship trumps politics for me.

I'm blessed with four great children and eight grandchildren.

One of my beliefs about leadership is it's not how many followers you have, but how many people you have with different opinions that you can bring together and try to be a good listener.

Leadership is about stepping up when it's the appropriate time and then making sure everyone knows that we're all on the same page.

A lot of people have their big dreams and get knocked down and don't have things go their way. And you never give up hope, and you really just hold on to it. Hard work and perserverance. You just keep getting up and getting up, and then you get that breakthrough.

Sometimes, life is unfair, and you have to suck it up and move on and not use it as an excuse.

Amsterdam is such a fun, cool place, and it's very Instagrammable with the canals and the boats and the flowers and the architecture. It's amazing for outfit of the day shots.

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.

I never studied art, but taught myself to draw by imitating the New Yorker cartoonists of that day, instead of doing my homework.

While producing art works, illusions appear from time to time due to my mental illness. Every day is a struggle for me.

Watch your manner of speech if you wish to develop a peaceful state of mind. Start each day by affirming peaceful, contented and happy attitudes and your days will tend to be pleasant and successful.

The remarkable thing is, we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day.