Why do we keep believing that we can control nature, even as it banishes us repeatedly from our homes in search of new fertile ground?

The general intellectual level of South Florida is somewhere just above "functionally retarded".

Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career.

I've managed to make a living in a very ridiculous business, and that's fine with me. The trick now is, after you've been in it for a while, you still have to remember to have fun.

And an inky-colored despair of rejection enveloped me like the black tortilla of depression around a pain burrito.

Don't worry about losing. If it is right, it happens - The main thing is not to hurry. Nothing good gets away.

I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children.

To hope is to give yourself to the future - and that commitment to the future is what makes the present inhabitable.

It's definitely important to stay true to yourself and stay close to those people who you were close to before [becoming famous]. Family, your friends, and just not let that outside stuff get to you.

You are a powerful, unlimited and eternal soul who is here to enjoy the experience of creativity and contribute to humanity's evolution.