In the end, raising money is basically a matter of going out there and asking. There are no shortcuts.

Just because you made a mistake doesn't mean you are a mistake.

A man who isn't generous with his money isn't generous with his love and affection.

Nine times out of ten you take the first step in creating your own universe by picking up the phone.

The difference between a calculated risk and rolling the dice can be expressed in one word: homework.

I don't wase time thinking, 'Am I doing it right?' I say, 'Am I doing it?'

My appearance is talking and I like what it is saying.

To create the life you deserve, you have to go after it. The universe that you inhabit flows from you - you don't flow from it.

Reality is the only place you can deal from. If you're still worrying about the way things should be, you haven't even approached the starting line.

Real guts are nothing more than developing your inner voice to the point where it is louder and stronger than the voice of your fear.

Success is the process of not accepting failure.

My parents and my grandfather on my mom's side would travel the earth. They went to Australia and China, and they went to probably every soccer game I ever played.

I read a lot when I'm travelling and always have a couple of books on the go.

Give me 26 lead soldiers and I will conquer the world.

It cannot be when the root is neglected that what springs from it will be well ordered.

The fast paced nature of our technologically-driven world seems to create issues that would appear to be foreign to ancient civilization.

For many imaginative writers, working for the press is a fact of their life. But it's best not to like it too much.

Man is a machine and in the whole universe there is but a single substance, matter, variously modified.

On the whole, the longing for solitude is a sign that there still is spirit in a person and is a measure of what spirit there is.

Don't you ever grow up, it could stay this simple.

Vulnerability is kind of one of those things of, how do I really feel in this moment?