We all deal with issues of time. The first thing you do in the morning is look at the clock to see what time it is.

I'm not a boy now. I'm a man, I hope. I hope I've had my artistic bar mitzvah somewhere.

Mercury poisoning sounds like a rich man's disease . . . like something you might get from the leather seats in your Lamborghini.

If someone mistakes your kindness for weakness, that's their fault - not yours. And it's OK to be a decent human being in this life.

If masturbation is a crime then I should be on death row.

Sometimes - this is a tough one - not everyone can handle the truth. Sometimes you have to take a beat. But if you can take that beat, and take the high road, it'll serve you in the long run.

The Dalai Lama was once asked for his favorite chant, and he said it was better not to have a favorite anything, which I think is a great thought.

Unless an entire row of people got up in the middle of a performance and left the theater in disgust, I felt as though I hadn't done my job.

I want to be radical on the inside, but not on the outside.

We all have so many different elements inside of us and we're not all one thing.

What's this? You're wearing the shirt of the band you're going to see? Don't be that guy.

Look onwards to what lies ahead.

Step out in faith to claim a blessed life.

I see architecture not as Gropius did, as a moral venture, as truth, but as invention, in the same way that poetry or music or painting is invention.

It seems not to have been written. It is the quintessence of life. It is the basic truth.

Something in him was broken, and through that break spilled a blind cruelty, a need to hurt and to push away

Jesus Pietro wasn't used to dealing with ghosts. It would require brand new techniques. Grimly he set out to evolve them.

I don’t like the way he looks at you.” My stomach lurched. “What do you mean? How does he look at me?” “Like you’re not a student and he’s not a teacher.

Why do trees conceal the splendor of their roots?

Responsibility equals accountability equals ownership. And a sense of ownership is the most powerful weapon a team or organization can have.

I like African music, and I'm a huge Ravi Shankar fan.