Gorgeous day here in Chicago. Sure is better than Canada.

I would much rather be hated for who I am, then loved for something that I am not.

Whatever your walk in life is, you pick what you want to be, then go ahead and be the best one.

I pride myself on being a jerk, because I'm brutally honest all the time.

I don't smoke, I don't drink, I don't use drugs. That may be boring for some people, but that's just me. That's how I live my life.

Haters are my favorite. I´ve built an empire with the bricks they´ve thrown at me. Keep on hating.

Sometimes it's what you don't do that makes you who you are.

I'm the kind of person that if I'm not getting something that I need from somewhere. I don't cry about it, I'm like OK I'm going to go here and find what I need.

Do you know what it's like going through life being better than everybody? It's hard.

I've never stolen anything in my life, except maybe a couple hearts here and there.

The best thing you can probably do is keep a low profile, keep your eyes and ears open, your mouth shut, and you will learn a ton.

Consider your goal like a war to win and use whatever strategies you know to win

Yule—Yul log for the Christmas-fire tale-spinner—of fairy tales that can come true: Yul Brynner.

Far more creativity, today, goes into marketing of products than into the products themselves

In the 1960s we were fighting to be recognized as equals in the marketplace, in marriage, in education and on the playing field. It was a very exciting, rebellious time.

I think we've made tremendous progress on racism. We've even made progress on war. We've made almost no progress on poverty.

Being a father is the most rewarding thing a man whose career has plateaued can do.

I think Radiohead and Outkast are the two modern popular groups who you can actually say that about. We take inspiration from everywhere.

Despite popular conviction, a writer needn't wear black, be unshaven, sickly and parade around New York's East Village spewing aphorisms and scaring children.

Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love. The message isn't new, but we haven't learned to live it yet.

It's far better to make people angry than to make them ashamed.