The math of time is simple: you have less than you think and need more than you know.

Having ideas is not the same thing as being creative. Creation is execution, not inspiration.

There are few overnight successes and many up-all-night successes.

But “no” is the button that keeps us on.

Saying "no" has more creative power than ideas, insights and talent combined.

A species that survives by creating must not limit who can create. More creators means more creations. Equality brings justice to some and wealth to all.

Make an enemy of certainty and befriend doubt. When you can change your mind, you can change anything.

Creating is an ordinary act, creation its extraordinary outcome.

God gave you a gift of 86 400 seconds today. Have you used one to say thank you

I came from a place where there wasn't a lot of joy.

I'm not a big proponent of happiness. I think it's highly overrated. I think misery is underrated. There's so much value in that. You can't have one without the other.

I was always the second heavy.

We live in a century in which everything has been said. The challenge today is to learn which statements to deny.

I regret the fact that Saddam [Hussein] didn't have weapons of mass destruction that we thought. I don't regret removing him from power.

The creation of a work of art, like an act of love, is our one small 'yes' at the center of a vast 'no.'

When love ends, we cry out against destiny. When friendship ends, we cry out against our friend.

By far Gretzky is the most talented player ever. Every time he gets the puck something exciting happens.

Donald Trump redeemed himself politically.