His (the writer's) standard of fidelity to the truth should be so high that his invention, out of his experience, should produce a truer account than anything factual can be.

If something is wrong, fix it now. But train yourself not to worry, worry fixes nothing.

Before you react, think. Before you spend, earn. Before you criticize, wait. Before you quit, try.

The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.

Critics are men who watch a battle from a high place then come down and shoot the survivors.

Worry a little bit every day and in a lifetime you will lose a couple of years. If something is wrong, fix it if you can. But train yourself not to worry: Worry never fixes anything.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.

I drink to make other people more interesting.

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.

An innovation ecosystem is a systematic innovation methodological environment or a sort of innovation philosophy.

It turns out that up to 35 percent of people with bipolar disorder also have ADHD.

The future is the only kind of property that the masters willingly concede to the slaves.

I prefer insomnia to anaesthesia.

When I was 66, my wife June died of cancer. Two years later--a year and a half ago--I married Kristen McMain, the eternal companion who now stands at my side.

Whenever a critic mentions the salary of an actor, I'm thinking, He's not talking about the movie.

Tribeca has always celebrated the most exciting new forms of storytelling, from video games to virtual reality.

New technologies are a good thing but we must consider how they will impact on us so that, when they become achievable, they aren't allowed to run amok.

There are a great deal of a great many kinds of love.

Fools give you reasons, wise men never try.