The distance between where I am and where I want to be seems impossibly large.

Everyday has the potential to be the greatest day of your life

I'm past patiently waitin,' I'm passionately smashin' every expectation, every action's an act of creation.

I try to let my decisions be guided not by what I think will succeed or fail, but what I'm going to learn from that process.

When I get called in for stuff for Hollywood, I get to be the best friend of the Caucasian leadIf I want to play the main guy, I have found, I have to write it.

You can't control the success or failure of a thing you work on. You can only control the thing you work on.

Ed Koch once said that New York City is where immigrants come to audition for America. That's what happened to my parents; that's what happened to me.

If you're thinking about the idea in the shower. If you're thinking about the idea while you're walking your dog, there's probably something to it.

I think if you want to make a recipe for making a writer, have them feel a little out of place everywhere, have them be an observer kind of all the time. And that's a great way to make a writer.

I'm not going to hang out with celebrities, I'm not going to parties. I have two songs due for Moana next week, and I'm going to go and spend some time with Maui and Moana in the ocean, in my mind.

I'm just like my country, I'm young, scrappy and hungry, and I'm not throwing away my shot.

Perfect love happens not when you're ready but when you least expect, at the most imperfect moment under unpredictable circumstances! Expect Not, Trust Existence!

When you strive for excellence in leadership, then you will excel as a leader.

Some adventures should never be repeated.

What was most significant about the lunar voyage was not that men set foot on the moon but that they set eye on the earth.

We came in today with a chip on our shoulder to prove who we are.

Great stories teach you something. That's one reason I haven't slipped into some sort of retirement: I always feel like I'm learning something new.

All the things paper-thin and paper-frail, and all the people too.

I love writing. I feel ridiculously lucky that this is what I get to do all day.

Each one of us has to take responsibility for reality, and present it so that kids will grow up familiar with that and say, OK. I've seen that before. I'm not afraid of it.

You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free