The road to success leads through the valley of humility, and the path is up the ladder of patience and across the wide barren plains of perseverance. As yet, no short cut has ever been discovered.

Promise me you'll never forget me because if I thought you would, I'd never leave.

Xenophobia is fairly widespread in Russia.

A simple rule in dealing with those who are hard to get along with is to remember that this person is striving to assert his superiority; and you must deal with him from that point of view.

If you have kids and stuff what kind of dad do I wanna be for my kids, and what kind of mom do I want them to have

Prizes do not mean anything to me. I think it is more important to make a child aware of the existence of a weird creature like a water spider that breathes through its backside.

For once I'm not the guy losing my temper all the time.

I love having other people sing my songs.

We all live in fear of getting blocked no matter what kind of art we're trying to do. It happens all the time, but I prefer to think of it as a bad day.

The world is our school for spiritual discovery.

All great virtues become great men. [Fr., Toutes grandes vertus conviennent aux grands hommes.]