I am going to die someday and I know where I am going.

I am always frustrated when I see situations that could have been handled simpler.

The work is more important than the reward.

Not to say "trophies" aren't wonderful, but they should not be your driving force.

If the chaos is overwhelming, I start making lists. To write it down puts it in perspective.

I think not having a routine is what keeps me centered. I only have a routine when I am working.

Not only is the Universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think.

My goal is to do something outrageous every day.

The world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of the heroes but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.

Have a very good reason for everything you do.

Nothing that comes and goes is you. 'I am bored.' Who knows this? 'I am angry, sad, afraid.' Who knows this? You are the knowing, not the condition that is known.

Literature is an inquiry into the deepest yearnings of the human spirit.

We need to take on the new media, and in terms of power and public pedagogy, we need to organize a whole range of people outside of the academy.

If you’re a responsible business, you don’t let things like that happen in your business that have an impact on the country.

The good thing about coming over to the UK is that I can get some rest.

I'm not the perfectionist anymore. It's my staff. They're the ones always insisting on doing something better and better.