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.

I think that genius comes not just from having great mental processing power. It comes from being able to, as Steve Jobs' ad said, think different.

Be strong. It is our adversity that leads us to our character.

His Magnificence - Your Manifestation.I will make of thee a great nation

I'm really not a TV junkie... OK, I kind of am a TV junkie, but I'm much more of a movie junkie - my junk food is romantic comedies I've seen a million times.

With each book you write you should lose the admirers you gained with the previous one.

Only men are capable of aesthetic greatness.

I've never been in fashion. Not at all.

I began writing with a Michael Buble mentality. I think he's fantastic, and it's the perfect music for any date night, ever.

Is there any moral enormity which might not be justified by imitation of such a Deity?

Jazz is part folk art, part progressive art.

Sharing is caring, but I don't care.