Perez Hilton Quotes

I told as much of my life as I could to encourage people: to encourage others to get to where they should be, where they want to be.

My first book was called, 'Mountain, Get Out of My Way,' where I did an autobiographical sketch, if you will, looking back at myself and looking back at things in my life, and juxtaposing them against things that are happening in other people's lives and trying to be motivational.

I was just a small boy from Mississippi, and now little kids are going to identify with me through this game.

Working with great writers can be humbling and frightening, but it can also change you for good, forever.

You surround yourself with amazing, grade-A talent, and you're going to have to lift your game. You kind of thrive just by being around such people.

The further you go, what, I'm gonna wait til I'm 80? Naw, I'm tellin' my story now. I was just moved. I was moved to tell my story. You know? People write books all the time.

'Restaurant Man' is kind of the story, an unabridged story of what happened in my life, the good bad and ugly. Some people might glean some life lessons. It is honest, not written as a press release.

I want to do stories that inspire people.

I just want people to know you can get through stuff. I hope people can see that in what my life has been and where it is going.

Surround yourself with people who are smarter than you.

I found school quite tough, but Saturday night was movie night, and I started to empathise with the characters on screen. I started to get more involved with what these people were experiencing. Film inspired me to do better.

I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

Basketball is one of those rare opportunities where you can make a difference, not only for yourself, but for other people as well.

My personal story has always been about perseverance and always getting up when I fall. Maybe I'm not Olympic champion, but I can teach the world about that.

Writing is difficult all the time; the thing is to learn something every day.

Then I was working in a store in Newark, New Jersey, and I saw an actor in person, and I got so excited. My whole day changed. That's when I decided to challenge myself to make my dreams become a reality.

Usually a feeling of disappointment follows the book, because what I hoped to write is not what I actually accomplished. However, it becomes a motivation to write the next book.

If you can draw something from my life that helps, more power to you.

It's so inspiring to be around other people who have ideas you haven't thought of, and all of a sudden you're like, 'Wow! That's so amazing!' I definitely want everything I do to just get better and better.

When it was suggested that I write a memoir I said, 'I'm not old enough. I'm not distinguished enough.' But I went home and sat down to write, and the material for the book just came flooding into my hands.

I would say I'm an inspirational guidelines book. You can take my life story or scenarios or songs and relate to them and apply them to your everyday life.

Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes.

Artists, whether they're Tom Cruise or John Waters or Ron Howard or Oliver Stone, you can empower them to become a better version of themselves, but you cannot change them 180 degrees to be someone they are not.

My theory is that many of the things that move us are things we long for but find hard to do.

Reese Witherspoon made me better. Just working with her, being with her, I learned so much. I want to be like her.