I think books should have secrets, like people do.

We are most alive when we're in love.

Life is a nacho. It can be yummy-crunchy or squishy-yucky. It just depends on how long it takes for you to start eating it.

Rain is grace; rain is the sky descending to the earth; without rain, there would be no life.

You cannot help but learn more as take the world into your hands. Take it up reverently, for it is and old piece of clay, with millions of thumbprints on it.

A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.

Most of American life consists of driving somewhere and then returning home, wondering why the hell you went.

The scissors cut the long-grown hair; The razor scrapes the remnant fuzz. Small-jawed, weak-chinned, big-eyed, I stare At the forgotten boy I was.

It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

Inspiration arrives as a packet of material to be delivered.

So much love, too much love, it is our madness, it is rotting us out, exploding us like dandelion polls.

Music is the literature of the heart

Does childhood really happen? Do we imagine it? Everyone remembers something else....

It is a noble responsibility to not back down when you know that you know that you know that you are right.

A company's culture is the foundation for future innovation. An entrepreneurs job is to build the foundation

We should decriminalize all drugs. The assumptions on which our drug policies are based are flawed.

It's not about being right, it's about getting it right.

In a painting, what counts is the unexpected.

Oughta be a law everybody has to take a trip every two years just to make 'em realize how good home is.

Some artists imagine they've got a hold on this apparatus, which in fact has got a hold of them. As a result, they end up supporting a cultural prison that is out of their control

When you think outside of what you know, that brings out the best in you.