Each AGE tries to form its own conception of the PAST. Each age writes the HISTORY of the past anew with REFERENCE to the conditions uppermost in its own time.

I am not INTERESTED in the PAST, EXCEPT as the ROAD to the FUTURE.

The past explains how I got here, but the FUTURE is up to me - and I love to LIVE life at FULL throttle.

In the past, LIKE for the LAST Rilo Kiley record, 'Under the Blacklight,' I wore exclusively hot pants because the themes in that record were the underbelly of LOS Angeles.

You've got to give your past attention, but you've got to forgive yourself, ACKNOWLEDGE what you did wrong, and be a MAN, taking RESPONSIBILITY. You can't not FLY anymore because of the things you've been through. You've got to believe in a brighter future, that better version of yourself.

The only WAY we'll know where we're going is to LOOK at the past and to REMEMBER who we were through ceremonies and RITUALS.

I READ a lot of BOOKS. I read because it inspires me and shows me paths that I could never imagine. Sometimes those paths are horrible and sad, and sometimes they are hopeful and amazing. Not ALWAYS are they paths to the future, and sometimes the paths are actually about the past but make SENSE when applied to the future. Books are amazing.

Happiness is in our own HEARTS. I have no regrets of anything in the past. I'm totally CHEERFUL and happy, and I think that a lot of your attitude is not in the circumstances you FIND yourself in, but in the circumstances you make for yourself.

I know in the PAST REPUBLICANS have AGREED to minimum-wage increases that there's built-in protections for small and midsize BUSINESSES.

Anyone who says that WRITING for children or teens is easier than writing for adults has NEVER tried it, because they are so MUCH more critical than adults. You cannot get ANYTHING past them.

In GENERAL, I NEVER THINK it is a good idea to try to RECREATE past successes. You have to strike out on your own, for BETTER or worse.

'Carpe Diem' is a PHRASE that I TRY to embrace. It means seize the day, to make the most of the present and to give LITTLE thought to the past or FUTURE. In the time that I have here, I want to love and live LIFE to the fullest while being a positive influence on others. And I want a full life for everyone.