Let nobody bribe you away from being yourself.

A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.

A goal is a dream with a deadline.

Ideas are the beginning points of all fortunes.

Don't wait. The time will never be just right.

If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way.

Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.

Fears are nothing more than a state of mind.

The number one reason people fail in life is because they listen to their friends, family, and neighbors.

Keep your mind fixed on what you want in life: not on what you don't want.

A positive mind finds a way it can be done; a negative mind looks for all the ways it can't be done.

Experience everything but cling to what is right.

Get action. Seize the moment. Man was never intended to become an oyster.

Fiction is ideally suited to re-creating the important emotional aspects of history.

I'm still digesting the '90s. It takes some time to get perspective.

I remember being in tears at the hospital after Chloe was born, at the thought that someday she would have to leave home.

The Mars Polar Lander has been quieter than George W. Bush after a foreign policy question.

I've realized how little sleep I actually need.

I'm not an artist or a collector. I'm a skateboard kid with no one to tell me if I'm not doing things the right way. Low expectations reap great rewards.

Creating something that is universally beautiful. That is art.