Science isn't just about blowing things up. Rather it's about blowing things up and knowing how you did it.

Leonardo Da Vinci. Leonardo is arguably the world's most famous polymath. So many thoughts and so many different ideas!

I'm a writer and I also do a lot of professional speaking on risk taking and creativity as well.

I work with a lot of different editors at different publishers and magazines and so on, and having a system of shared folders makes keeping track of things a snap.

I think it's important to associate with positive, upbeat people.

I'd love to get ideas on overcoming jet lag.

You get energy from other people, so hang out with energetic people.

Yeah, it's a weird little niche, but by God, it's my niche.

In my office, I like it quiet, so I can concentrate.

I started a funny book from the 1930s called The Code of the Woosters by P. G. Wodehouse. Wodehouse is a comic genius.

Every day, I walk with my dog - summer, winter (it gets -20 F in Saint Paul), rain or shine. The nicer the day, of course, the longer the walk.

They're just opinions, what people say about you. None of that stuff's true. The only thing that matters is what you think of yourself.

If you refuse to see Superman Returns this summer, what you're saying about yourself is: I heart Al Qaeda.

It is cold down in Washington, DC. They had to use an ice scraper on John Boehner's face to get the tears off, it was so cold.

Speculation and the exploration of ideas beyond what we know with certainty are what lead to progress.

The images are compositions of photos superimposed over painted backgrounds, then finished off with digital alterations.

Failure is acceptable. but not trying is a whole different ball park.

I can still love my heroine like i did when i was 26. I can still do the same action scenes.

When you go to a football game and someone offers you a beer [...], they're really saying hi, have a glass of extroversion.

The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.

When I vacate this sack of old bones I won't care what you do with it. Bury or burn it but don't make much fuss.