Creativity is not a trait that we inherit in our genes or a blessing bestowed by the angels. It's a skill.

Grit is the stubborn refusal to quit.

To have a style is to be stuck.

We need to be willing to risk embarrassment, ask silly questions, surround ourselves with people who don't know what we're talking about. We need to leave behind the safety of our expertise.

What you discover when you look at creativity from the perspective of the brain is that it is universal. We're all creative all of the time, we can't help but be creative.

When we venture beyond the edge of our knowledge, all we have is art.

The answer will only arrive after we stop looking for it.

In fact, the only way to remain creative over time--to not be undone by our expertise--is to experiment with ignorance, to stare at things we don't fully understand.

While human nature largely determines how we hear the notes, it is nurture that lets us hear the music.

Rejection process is not fun. It's the red pen on the page, the discarded sketch, sometimes is the only way forward.

there simply is no way to describe the past without lying. Our memories are not like fiction. They are fiction.

Life is a breath.

The best master is the one who raises many more masters and much more important than this, who creates masters even much better than himself!

I met a woman who photographed celebrity dogs for a book, and she told me that Ralph Lauren's dog is named Rugby. I said, Yeah, but his real name is Stickball.

A poet is not a public figure. A poet should be read and not seen.

The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time. The best thing about the future is that it comes only one day at a time.

For males twenty-five is the fatal age. For women it's twenty. We are all dropping like flies.

We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness.

I love Shakespeare. In Shakespeare, tragedy is not just something that's bad. It's something that could be good and is bad.

That's all drugs and alcohol do, they cut off your emotions in the end.

Green Day is politically brain-dead but I love the little monkeys.