There are books that change the way you feel and see; this is one of them.

A fog of despair so pervaded the ghetto that the smallest gesture of rebellion could seem like a bold, piercing light. Bad, said with a fond expression, was almost always a compliment.

Your calling is your natural area of concentration

Rise from the ashes and become the phoenix. Let your glory and wisdom keep blazing on forever. This is your chance. This is your time. Remake your life into something truly spectacular.

I believe in giving kindness, regardless of how unreasonable and self-centered a person is. Kindness is a gift of sanctity for a person. It has the goal of making the soul smile.

You’re unstoppable as long as you keep taking the next step.

I wish my school days could have dragged on a little longer, or that I could go back and do it later in life.

I've got fans and letters from Israel, France Germany, Sweden, London, Africa. They all saying pretty much the same thing, 'Yo, we love you, we need you, put some more music out, please!'

Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies.

On one occasion I shared a bed with about seven other people, but we were all having a party overnight

Outside the practice of science itself, scientists have sometimes been the greatest offenders in adhering to dogmatic ideas against all the evidence.

That is how heavy a secret can become. It can make blood flow easier than ink.