...how absurd human beings are and how magnificent.

The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.

I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.

Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.

When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say "How fascinating!"

In the measurement world, we set a goal and strive to achieve it. In the universe of possibility, we set the context and let life unfold.

I'm so sorry for you; your lives have been so easy. You can't play great music unless your heart's been broken.

The major difference between the 'best' and the 'average' is that the 'best' get as much pleasure from practice as performance.

The job of the leader is to speak to the possibility.

It's not a question of how much power you can hoard for yourself, but how much you can give away.

Look at their eyes. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it.

You just have to get rid of fear and confront the world. Look at yourself in the mirror and say to yourself, 'I love you and nothing will destroy you and you're not going to fall.'

I'm okay with it now that Obama’s in office. I'm kind of trusting of him. But President Ted Cruz? Where this is going would bother me.

If you're as clever as you can be when you write it, how will you ever debug it?

You are always working towards the moments in which characters experience reckonings or insight or change. I like to track them past those moments.

The aphorism is cultivated only by those who have known fear in the midst of words, that fear of collapsing with all the words.

Encourage independence in your children by regularly losing them in the supermarket.

Nothing useless is, or low; Each thing in its place is best; And what seems but idle show Strengthens and supports the rest.

This thing all things devours: Birds, beasts, trees, flowers; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountain down.

I'm a great will maker. I've made my will every year since I was 21.

My hair didn't even move an inch and I was in and out of the water. My hair's windproof, waterproof, soccerproof, motocycleproof. I'm not sure if my hair's bulletproof I'm not willin' to try that.