Competition impedes creativity because you present yourself in a way that's going to been seen by somebody outside of you. You're not very much yourself and it limits you.

All these gadgets, the phone and the computer, they expose the inside of your brain in a way that's bad.

Every great idea is on the verge of being stupid.

Orange is an underrated color, it's the second most underrated color after yellow.

Of course, from time to time, I want to do everything myself and be more involved on my own with the creative process. But I don't mind the collaboration at all.

In my opinion, it's more interesting to see magic happening in a world that feels grounded. If the world is already crazy, then anything can happen. So it's better to start with something real.

I'm not against the technology at all, I just don't like to use it if it's just to mimic what you can do with traditional methods.

I would define myself as being naive and perverse at the same time. And I think that if that is consistent it will make the tone consistent.

When people are very original, sometimes they are original as a way to resist the mainstream.

Misinterpretation leads me to inspiration and creativity because I think my brain is trying to figure out some information that I'm confused about.

I like the days when all the filmmakers had was a film roll, a camera and a gangster. The Mack Sennett comedies were all like that. They'd create little teams to go out and shoot films.

That's the thing I'm learning about being thrown out on yer own. Nobody does nothing for you. If you don't change it, it don't get changed.

If you can be kind to people, you will be a genius in this world.

O jealousy! thou magnifier of trifles.

I'm doing a lot of parenting work and acting as a spokesperson. I have a clothing line and a line of toys.

I was 40-something years old. I hadn't shown any entrepreneurial spunk up until that point.

Grace can neither be bought, earned, or won by the creature. If it could be, it would cease to be grace.

If a tax on malt would raise the price of beer, a tax on bread must raise the price of bread.

I realize that labels are placed upon an individual to simplify him or her, but it is impossible to capture the essence of an individual by a few words.

How are the germs made into a ring? By adding and multiplying.

I love basketball and I'm committed to it, but if I have to lock up my spirit because of basketball, it ain't worth it.