The thing that I have done throughout my life is to do the best job that I can and to be me.

Never limit yourself because of others' limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.

You have the right to be involved. You have something important to contribute, and you have to take the risk to contribute it.

Greatness can be captured in one word: lifestyle. Life is God's gift to you, style is what you make of it.

Never be limited by other people's limited imaginations.

What we find is that if you have a goal that is very, very far out, and you approach it in little steps, you start to get there faster. Your mind opens up to the possibilities.

We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.

When God made the color purple, God was just showing off.

I always knew I'd go to space.

Science provides an understanding of a universal experience, and arts provides a universal understanding of a personal experience.

The arts and sciences are avatars of human creativity.

You either have to write or you shouldn't be writing. That's all.

I feel like I'm the winner. I really do.

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to work, otherwise I am lost

When I could no longer cling to my normal supports I discovered that true support and real safety lie far beyond the structures of our world.

All historians generalize from particulars. And often, if you look at a historian's footnotes, the number of examples of specific cases is very, very small.

The family is the most important unit in time and in eternity and, as such, transcends every other interest in life.

Facebook is that successful guy you're supposed to want to date, but you can't keep your mind off the beautiful freak in the corner. Twitter is my freak.

I believe in continuing to put love and kindness and compassion and art into the world.

My reputation has grown slowly.

The Hindus have to learn a little bit of materialism from the West and teach them a little bit of spirituality.