In fact, most of us see perseverance as a distinctly uncreative approach, the sort of strategy that people with mediocre ideas are forced to rely on.

Every creative story is different. And every creative story is the same. There was nothing. Now there is something. It's almost like magic.

And so we keep on thinking, because the next thought might be the answer.

We see them most when we are o nnthe outside looking in

Money chases good ideas

...the imagination is unleashed by constraints. You break out of the box by stepping into shackles.

The great ages did not perhaps produce much more talent than ours, ' [T.S.] Eliot wrote. 'But less talent was wasted.

The benefit of such horizontal interactions - people sharing knowledge across fields - is that it encourages conceptual blending, which is an extremely important part of the insight process.

Insights, after all, come from the overlap between seemingly unrelated thoughts. They emerge when concepts are transposed, when the rules of one place are shifted to a new domain.

In the marathon of life, there is no finish line.

Be in love with the moments of your life.

You have to be brave when you are stupid

If I can break one out of every three return games, I'm going to give myself a shot in a lot of matches.

I love Christmas! I'm not religious, but I love the trappings of the season. I love the decorations, and the music, and Santa, and the festive food, and the cinnamon- and vanilla-infused aromas.

Don't be afraid to be outrageous; the critics will shoot you down anyway.

The mantra of independence was Satyagraha. And the warriors were Satyagrahis. The mantra of New Age India must be Swachhagrah. And the warriors will be Swachhagrahis.

Effective leaders of change must serve equally as agents of change and protectors of continuity.

When that band started out, I was 18 years old. So that was my reality all the way up until I quit the band. And even then, you know, Guns N' Roses has a nasty way of sticking around.

Most drama in our lives is really rather squalid.