Music can change the world because it can change people.

Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.

Humor is by far the most significant activity of the human brain.

I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am.

There is no doubt that creativity is the most important human resource of all. Without creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

Sometimes the situation is only a problem because it is looked at in a certain way. Looked at in another way, the right course of action may be so obvious that the problem no longer exists.

To be one, to be united is a great thing. But to respect the right to be different is maybe even greater.

A memory is what is left when something happens and does not completely unhappen.

Gender is between your ears and not between your legs.

Companies that solely focus on competition will ultimately die. Those that focus on value creation will thrive.

Great grace, great life.

Don't be a cheater, lose with clsss.

I don't sit down to write a funny story. Every single thing I sit down to write is meant to be sad.

In fairness, you know, I'm a big believer in if your kid makes noise in the restaurant you should remove the child immediately.

You may not like my burglar, but please don't damage him.

In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy.

One of the exhilarating parts of falling in love is discovering new things about one another, and seeing the world from a different point of view.

You can't play well if you don't look good.

There's no shortage of remarkable ideas, what's missing is the will to execute them.

I'm not a big jazz fan.