I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.

Just being the seeker, somebody whose open to spiritual enlightenment, is in itself the important thing and it's the reward for being a seeker in this world.

I hope that some day scientists can be considered heroes again, instead of Paris Hilton.

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.

It's about doing something larger than yourself. It's about serving this world, helping others.

...never let a passion for the perfect take precedence over pragmatism.

i had no idea what i wanted to do with my life and no idea how college was going to help me figure it out.

One way to remember who you are is to remember who your heroes are.

People who know what they’re talking about don’t need PowerPoint.

Picasso had a saying - 'good artists copy, great artists steal' - and we have always been shameless about stealing great ideas.

If you act like you can do something, then it will work.

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The beauty of the Internet is that anybody can be a broadcaster now.

I don't care how small the parts are, as long as they're good

I think I'm always drawn to a good story

My dad used to flush my mother's head down the toilet. I was so screwed up.

One of the things that novels have tended not to concentrate on over the centuries is the fact that people read books.

If you're going to think mean things about me or not be a true friend, then we don't need to be friends.

The moment clients realize that revisions are not an all-you-can-eat buffet, suddenly they realize they are not hungry.

Declining from the public ways, walk in unfrequented paths.

Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold it's great proportions.