Reality is always too complicated - that's why it's ungraspable.

Life isn't long enough to enjoy and understand all at the same time. You have to decide which is more important

It's dizzying to think how huge the world is, or to realize how tiny you are

Cuba may be the only place in the world where you can be yourself and more than yourself at the same time.

People are generally resistant to teaching and training because it requires effort. This clashes with the natural wiring of human adults: We are fundamentally lazy.

Every town has the same two malls: the one white people go to and the one white people used to go to.

I decided I was going to tell these stories. I went around and met Crumb. He was the cartoonist. I started realizing comics weren't just kid stuff.

They send you off to college, try to gain a little knowledge, but all you want to do is learn how to score.

Nobody is born a dancer.

I'm not a perfect mom, but I'm perfect for my kids.

I said yes, which turned out to be the right answer.

I could never find two people who are perfectly equal: one will always be more valuable than the other. And many people, as a matter of fact, simply have no value.

Dean Martin's pancreas, who overheard his liver singing I got a right to sing the blues. Never got a dinner!

Building a practice of gratitude is the best way I know to create an optimistic approach to life. Start each day by lying in bed for five minutes and mentally acknowledging what you are grateful for.