All sorts of things can happen when you’re open to new ideas and playing around with things.

I tell young people to reach for the stars. And I can't think of a greater high than you could possibly get than by inventing something.

I hope I'm saving lives. There are very few people in their careers that have the opportunity to do something to benefit mankind.

The first among mankind will always be those who make something imperishable out of a sheet of paper, a canvas, a piece of marble, or a few sounds

The goal of individuation is wholeness, as much as we can accomplish, not the triumph of the ego.

My daughter, unfortunately, is ill, because drug addiction is an illness. She's been fighting it for years.

The real risk is doing nothing.

Activity is not achievement. It is not enough to rush about beginning a lot of things and keeping busy. A well-spent life is one that rounds out what it has begun.

Please don't refer to me as "channeling Mark Twain." I'm an actor. Not a channeler. That word is an iPhone shortcut. Acting is more eloquent than that.

There are only two things that can screw this up for us: you and me." "Then we're doomed for sure.

When people accept futility and the absurd as normal, the culture is decadent.

Tools may limit the user, but the utility of tools is limited by the skill of the user.

When you write what you know, you stay in control. One of the first things I encourage my writing students to do is to lose control - say what they want to say, break structure.