Marrying means doing whatever possible to become repulsed of each other

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

It is difficult to find happiness within oneself, but it is impossible to find it anywhere else.

The majority of men... are not capable of thinking, but only of believing, and... are not accessible to reason, but only to authority.

Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see.

A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love freedom; for it is only when he is alone that he is really free.

Man is the only animal who causes pain to others with no other object than wanting to do so.

Genius and madness have something in common: both live in a world that is different from that which exists for everyone else.

A pessimist is an optimist in full possession of the facts.

Religions are like fireflies. They require darkness in order to shine.

Nature shows that with the growth of intelligence comes increased capacity for pain, and it is only with the highest degree of intelligence that suffering reaches its supreme point.

I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one’s own limitations.

Great love, you believe, carries the seeds of great sorrow.

I call for a collective adventure in generalized joy and freely interdependent exuberance.

Those who create are rare; those who cannot are numerous. Therefore, the latter are stronger.

I have a sort of long-term plan to direct. I'm pragmatic about it. I realize I don't need to rush it or force it.

I was born in Palo Alto, California in 1961.

How I wish I could hug everyone and tell them that it's okay. It's okay to be scared and angry and hurt and selfish. It's part of being human.

I've never sold my company or products.

I love mockumentaries. When they're done right, they're really good.

What happened to your hand? It got hit by a mirror. How'd that happen? I lost my temper at myself.