I really wanted to be a doctor, until my freshman year of college when I realized that while I was good at chemistry and biology, I really wasn't feeling challenged by it.

I have a theory that burnout is about resentment. And you beat it by knowing what it is you're giving up that makes you resentful.

I really believe that the virtual world mirrors the physical world.

I think Google should be like a Swiss Army knife: clean, simple, the tool you want to take everywhere.

You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you.

If you're the smartest person in the room, you're in the wrong room.

If you push through that feeling of being scared, that feeling of taking risk, really amazing things can happen.

Your rhythm is what matters to you so much that when you miss it you're resentful of your work...So find your rhythm, understand what makes you resentful, and protect it.

Beyond basic mathematical aptitude, the difference between good programmers and great programmers is verbal ability.

If you can find something that you're really passionate about, whether you're a man or a woman comes a lot less into play. Passion is a gender-neutralizing force.

You can be good at technology and like fashion and art. You can be good at technology and be a jock. You can be good at technology and be a mom. You can do it your way, on your terms.

A beautiful life is a life that is content and satisfied with material possessions, and has an abundance of hope, love, laughter, kindness, and compassion.

Cognition begins with sensation.

Make it large', life is a canvas. You can paint it to be 'a dot' or masterpiece it to be 'the universe

They know too well the violent hypnosis of those who hope to possess them-- men who can smell the blood on the places where a woman is breaking.

There are doubtless certain unworldly people who are indifferent to money. I myself have never met one.

I wanted my children to have the best combination: American circumstances and Chinese character. How could I know these things do not mix?

To me, any kind of filmmaking that's reactive is not going to be as good as something more inventive and original.

There are lots of people in the world whose existence doesn't revolve around American culture.

When you catch yourself lying to your therapist, you know it's a waste of money.

Age steals away all things, even the mind.