Shocking is easy. Shockingly brilliant, a bit more challenging.

There's an independence to surfing, it's just you and the ocean. There aren't a bunch of rules.

An ad should be an appetizer, not a buffet.

If it's been done, do it better. If it hasn't been done, do it so well that better is not an option.

I’d rather apologize than to be so timid as to never try to do anything smart or brave.

Creativity thrives on a consistent diet of challenges and opportunities, which are often one and the same.

Actions speak louder than meetings.

Most ideas are a bit scary, and if an idea isn't scary, it's not an idea at all.

Baby Steps are for Babies, Not Brands. Be Amazing or Be Surpassed.

[In 2007] People's relationship with a brand is becoming a dialog, not a monolog.

I've never found a client's business problem that could be solved solely through advertising.

Yes, one can repent of moral transgression. The miracle of forgiveness is real, and true repentance is accepted of the Lord.

Change is inevitable, change for the better is a full-time job.

As parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts we need to start getting out into nature with the young people in our lives. Families play a key role in getting kids outside.

To do what we love we miss the ones we love. Long distance letters and phone calls and anything to make the distance disappear! That's what this means to me.

To lovers and dreamers and anyone who hasn’t truly experienced either.

I would like to think I'm a good secret-keeper, when it comes to friends. I'm quite loyal like that.

The fact that the commercial success of my books has allowed me to buy a house for myself and my daughter I think is a lovely thing. I don't think there is anything wrong with that.

I love an old-school gentleman. Picking me up for dates, sending flowers, holding the door open, I love it all.

I taught myself off records, Memphis Slim, them old piano players, then added to it. Yeah, hard and loud, beat it to pieces.

Recently, I went up to Casino Rama to see Martin Short's show, just to see how he put it all together. And after the show, I went backstage and picked his brain to find out why he did certain things.