Art gives us the illusion of liberation from the sordid business of being.

The value of things is not the time they last, but the intensity with which they occur. That is why there are unforgettable moments and unique people!

Life is what we make of it. Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony.

The slope takes you to the windmill, but effort takes you nowhere.

We never love anyone. What we love is the idea we have of someone. It's our own concept—our own selves—that we love.

There are no norms. All people are exceptions to a rule that doesn’t exist.

Everything interests me, but nothing holds me.

I am nothing. I'll never be anything. I couldn't want to be something. Apart from that, I have in me all the dreams in the world.

It's been a long time since I've been me.

I bear the wounds of all the battles I avoided.

Every day’s to-do list.1.)

[W]e’ve learned that grief can sometimes get loud, and when it does, we try not to speak over it.

Leadership is giving out far more than one expects in direct return. The rewards are intangible, yet priceless.

For me, Superman's greatest contribution has never been the superhero part: it's the Clark Kent part - the idea that any of us, in all our ordinariness, can change the world.

I profoundly believe that the power of food has a primal place in our homes that binds us to the best bits of life.

I don't find I'm manic at all. I'm very chill.

Great leaders have no need for reputation. Reputation is what you are in public. Character is who you are in private.

I had a screening in Baltimore where one of the hardest individuals just broke into tears at the end. That's the response you want.

If you want to remain always happy, Always perfect and always fulfilled, Then always keep inside your heart A pocketful of sweet dreams.

My lesson from that [songwriting process] was that I should go back to where I was and try to make that first pure even more strong.