High creativity is responding to situations without critical thought.' - John Cleese

It's not how good you are, it's how good you want to be.

Don't be afraid of silly ideas.

How you perceive yourself is how others will see you.

If you think you're unable to be on the cover of Time magazine, make it your business to be there.

If you think you're unable to be on the cover of Time magazine, make your business to be there.

Nearly all rich an powerful people are not notably talented, educated, charming or good-looking. They become rich and powerful by wanting to be rich and powerful.

Don't look for the next opportunity. The one you have in hand is the opportunity.

Do not covet your ideas. Give away everything you know and more will come back to you.

Talent helps, but it won't take you as far as ambition.

Sometimes not speaking says more than all the words in the world.

How much does it cost to entice a dope-smoking UNIX system guru to Dayton?

You don't have to wait until people say they accept everything you say until you are actually prepared to sit down and discuss matters with them.

Of all the time-saving techniques ever developed, perhaps the most effective is the frequent use of the word no.

For this, deep waters whelm the fruitful lea, Wars ravage, famine wastes, plague withers, nor Shall cease till men have chosen the better part.

There are just some kind of men…who’re so busy worrying about the next world they’ve never learned to live in this one.

Violet! sweet violet! Thine eyes are full of tears; Are they wet Even yet With the thought of other years?

Of all people who engage in controversy, we, who are called Calvinists, are most expressly bound by our own principles to the exercise of gentleness and moderation.

As writers, we're always trying to connect with the audience on a visceral level. We usually do that through drama, through emotion or through humor.

I am so small I can hardly be seen. How can this great love be inside me? Look at your eyes. They are small, but they see enormous things.