Life is like a dice game; one roll could land you in jail, or cuttin' cake, blowin' kisses in the rice game.

For me, my life is a journey.

The universe is listening, be careful what you say in it.

I can slay a devil when I see one, Steady practice mastery of self so not to be one

What makes me different from everybody else just boils down to dissatisfaction.

My pen is an artery, my heart is a fountain

All my dreams are coming true all across the board for some reason.

Sometimes I don't know what to say; the pain never stops. The cloud never goes away, the rain never drops

I've been homeless on a few occasions.

Nas is one of the Greatest Ever. Never has and never will need a ghostwriter. That man’s pen and legacy is without question.

The radio is just a stereo like a house ain't a home.

The calla lilies are in bloom again. Such a strange flower—suitable to any occasion. I carried them on my wedding day, and now I place them here in memory of something that has died.

The book to read is not the one that thinks for you but the one which makes you think.

If we do not voluntarily bring population growth under control in the next one or two decades, the nature will do it for us in the most brutal way, whether we like it or not.

The first rule for speaking well is to think well.

The New York Times is the greatest media company around, arguably, and the people at the New York Times know a lot more about making a giant successful media company than I do.

Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.

Stop listening to people telling us we need to hate each other

Waste of resources is a mortal sin at IKEA.

Intuitionism is not constructive, perfectionism is unacceptable.

A creative moment is part of a longer creative process which, in turn, is part of a creative life.