Most people can learn a lot more than they think they can. They sell themselves short without trying.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

We should not write so that it is possible for the reader to understand us, but so that it is impossible for him to misunderstand us.

The paradox of innovation is that it is accepted as an innovation when it has become imitation.

I found out that superstars Winkler and William Shatner are real people, and I was so thankful for that.

I like the idea of a trilogy. It's cool. I like the word. When you do four, the word isn't cool - not as cool.

What happens when you're a child professional is that you have to be, well, professional. You're taught not to have tantrums, to always people-please.

Every choice you make has a consequence, every one. It's mathematic. It cannot fail; it never fails.

Beautiful people have many advantages, but so do friendly people.

It's easy to decide what you're going to do. The hard thing is deciding what you're not going to do.

People know when you're speaking from el corazón. You have that pain. Take that pain and do something with it. That's very powerful.

In fact, ballet companies did not exist in the Midwest when I was a child.