Nothing is more paralyzing than the idea of limitless possibilities.

The only way to find your voice is to use it. It’s hardwired, built into you. Talk about the things you love. Your voice will follow.

It’s one of my theories that when people give you advice, they’re really just talking to themselves in the past.

Usually, when we talk about creativity, it's about self-expression, which is great, but for work to be art or design, there has to be someone on the other end. The audience makes the work come alive.

Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.

Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.

You can’t be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again.

You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.

The thing is: It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don't have that energy if you waste it on other stuff.

Don't worry about doing research. Just search.

You can't find your voice if you don't use it.

And, yes we are much like kites when the image is one of spirituality and the winds of the Holy Spirit shaping, directing, instructing, and otherwise affecting our lives."~R. Alan Woods [2012]

If I were a Palestinian at the right age, I would have joined one of the terrorist organizations at a certain stage.

I have always believed that the way my parents disciplined me has a great deal to do with the success I have enjoyed as a man.

Gravity Falls is a show about mysteries and magic but first and foremost it's a show about characters.

[On Bonnie Prince Charlie:] Oh, Charlie is my darling, / My darling, my darling; / Oh, Charlie is my darling, / The young Chevalier.

I love horror films, so I guess it's one of those things where I find myself interested in the script.

If you really want something you just hang with it. We think our future's ahead and not behind.

The dullard finds even wine tasteless, while the sorcerer is intoxicated by the mere sight of water.

I would give all I possess to get out of myself; but somehow, at the end, I find myself so vastly more interesting than nine tenths of the people I meet.

Somewhere over the rainbow, skies are blue, and the dreams that you dare to dream really do come true.