It's better to be an optimist who is sometimes wrong than a pessimist who is always right

The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why.

If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.

Never regret anything that made you smile.

All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure.

Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.

Life is short, Break the Rules. Forgive quickly, Kiss slowly. Love truly. Laugh uncontrollably And never regret ANYTHING That makes you smile.

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.

Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see.

If you don't read the newspaper, you're uninformed. If you read the newspaper, you're mis-informed.

I find myself to be truly primal and passionate. Everything I do comes from a primal place.

I have a disgracefully sweet tooth. My younger brother and I, all we care about are puddings. You can keep your smoked salmon and caviar.

I think part of being a good screenwriter is being as concise as possible.

Across the board, it's infinitely more effective to praise actions that you want to encourage than to punish those you disapprove of.

Happiness is something that comes from our own hearts, not from other people.

It is important to rise above rationalizations and make the best choices.

Governments never supply prosperity. At best, they can facilitate it, by allowing the free enterprise system to work. Usually they suppress it.

If you're always looking at someone else, trying to imitate them, how can your natural gifts ever emerge?

I'm a guitar player. Actually, I think of myself as a songwriter/rhythm-guitar player.

Of course I'm ambitious. What's wrong with that? Otherwise you sleep all day.