My goal is not to have everlasting fame, it is simply to write the stories that are asking me to write them and to share them with the people that want to hear them.

An unwise advisor cannot hope to advise wisely.

You don't make peace with friends. You make it with very unsavory enemies.

What keeps me level is the refusal to let the best of human aspirations die in the face of the challenges. I make a moral decision to be hopeful.

The longing for light is the longing for consciousness.

The visual is important. "Let's get to work" says let's get it done, and that's what they want.

All artists dream of a silence which they must enter, as some creatures return to the sea to spawn.

When thoughts tell you it’s too late, dismiss them. You haven’t dreamed your best dream. You haven’t run your best race.

My mantra is: Realize you're going to fail all the time, and accept it. That doesn't mean I'm not frightened of it.

You can't very well live in a castle while your kin is on the poor side of town and barely have enough food. Some want you to get to the top and rely on you making it for them, too.

The name was supposed to be 'Googol,' which is the mathematical term for a 1 followed by 100 zeroes. It was before the Google spellchecker existed.