One word defines the essence of surfing better for me than any other — stoke . One of the best things about stoke is that you can pass it along to someone who has never heard the expression.

Surfing teaches patience . On land, surfers cannot will a swell to appear. They have to wait for nature to make the call. So surfers wait . They keep their eyes on the horizon and they wait.

Surfing is all about uncertainty. That feeling of taking a risk, that leap of faith every time I jump into the ocean, that paddle out among things unseen — all of these make surfing very special

I will catch a wave every day, even in my mind.

The energy that moves across the ocean connects all surfers who ride it.

All surfers are joined by one ocean.

With patient persistence, you will conquer any situation.

One truism lay underneath every choice and word: change what people think and you change the world.

...if you're an artist, you've submitted to authority...

Twitter is currently valued at $8 billion, or $1 for every hour it has wasted.

I try to trace the connection between the characters and that way a story or plot emerges.

I used to sing Bill Monroe songs. And I'd sing Dennis Day songs like songs that he sang on the Jack Benny show.

It's almost like when you're young, your friends take on the romance role, and then guys take on the role of your friends later.

Intelligence is that aspect of human cognition that we haven't managed to emulate yet.

That's what love does. When it's right, it makes you more than you were, more than you thought you could be.

Wherever I am in the world, my perfect day begins with waking up and heading to the beach or the pool or somewhere I can be semi-comatose. I just wake up and go to the sun.