Most artists probably feel lonely or set apart in childhood. But they grow up and find people who share their interests.

If you love everything you do, you will probably end up with mediocre work. I think dissatisfaction with the state of things does propel creative people forward.

Art never lies, I believe.

The pleasure that attaches to the artistic life comes in imagining what we might do as opposed to acknowledging what we have done.

You have to be willing to recognize failure.

When you feel your book is the height of irrelevance you can return to the excitement of the daily news.

I bought salvation from a man on the street. He said, "Go down to the beach and let the waves wash your feet.

Political corruption works by having an equally corrupt legal system to protect it.

They (economists) must set aside their contempt for other disciplines and their absurd claim to greater scientific legitimacy, despite the fact that they know almost nothing about anything.

I do a lot of co-writing with my producer RedOne, and then a lot on my own. I just like to be creative.

Double, treble, quadruple bubble, watch the stock market get into trouble.

In business, there’s such a thing as an invaluable person, but no such thing as an indispensable one.

The idea of Jewish settlements under Palestinian sovereignty, as was suggested by someone in the Prime Minister's office, is very dangerous and reflects an irrationality of values.

He is born in vain, who having attained the human birth, so difficult to get, does not attempt to realize God in this very life.

Americans don't have saner gun laws because most Americans, including those citizens who puzzle over better angels, don't want saner gun laws.

Advertising, music, atmospheres, subliminal messages and films can have an impact on our emotional life, and we cannot control it because we are not even conscious of it.