Ask any comedian, tennis player, chef. Timing is everything.

A piano might fall on your head, he said, but it also might not. And in the meantime you never know. Something nice might happen.

How doe we define the energy of thought versus the energy of action.

Be kind, don't judge, and have respect for others. If we can all do this, the world would be a better place. The point is to teach this to the next generation.

Eloquence is a painting of thought; and thus those who, after having painted it, add something more, make a picture instead of a portrait.

I think the Republican Party is... accurately defined as a party that looks out for the interests of the very wealthy.

My art will reflect not necessarily conscious politics but the unanalysed politics of my life.

When you're in the desert, you look into infinity.... It makes you feel terribly small, and also in a strange way, quite big.

The bit that one eates, no friend makes.

Stripe really did come about because we were really appalled by how hard it was to charge for things online.

I hate playing the bass, bro. I've been playing the bass because it's there and I don't want anyone else to play it.

Come Sleep! Oh Sleep, the certain knot of peace, the baiting-place of wit, the balm of woe, the poor man's wealth, the prisoner's release, the indifferent judge between the high and low.

For me, I understood the gift of being able to empower others and to not do everything yourself.