I'd say that people give up because they don't know the possibilities that are out there for them, nor do they realize their potential.

All the friends in the world are in the fountain of a pen.

More than Captain America your kids need Amelia Earhart – more than Ant Man, they need Abraham Lincoln - more than Green Arrow they need Gandhi – more than Iron Man they need Isaac Newton.

Parents spend a lot of time talking over kids. My son went through a vocabulary burst as I was writing The Bear. I thought, What if I just stopped and listened?

I felt like people really do their best work when they're having a really good time and feel safe to push the envelope and make a jackass out of themselves.

Midway upon the journey of our life

Painting or poetry is made as one makes love - a total embrace, prudence thrown to the winds, nothing held back.

We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in color and fire.

Present fear is never as bad as later regret.

Belief is a powerful thing.

A great city may be seen as the construction of words as well as stone.