But it is not conscious strategy to go for unconventional roles.

An outsider can see some things much better.

Instead of focusing on my looks I focus on the character that I am playing.

There are hurdles, there are handicaps, hardships you have to face in life, but you hope for a great future.

If I can be an inspiration for someone, that's fine, but just don't look down on me. Don't say, 'Oh, you're in a wheelchair.'

Diana Ross is a big inspiration to all of us. We all grew up watching everything about her - her mike placement, her grace, her style and her class.

Maybe I am an inspiration for some players. Some young players. But I don't like to speak about myself.

I'm a happy camper when I'm doing both: writing and art every day, along with a dose of reading and adventures into what else is being done by other artists/writers and poets. Like breathing. I've written poems or fictions to go with a painting. The source for the inspiration of the art often eludes me.