Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field.

Sometimes I think creativity is magic; it's not a matter of finding an idea, but allowing the idea to find you.

A lot of my works deal with a passage, which is about time. I don't see anything that I do as a static object in space. It has to exist as a journey in time.

I probably have fundamentally antisocial tendencies. I never took one extracurricular activity. I just failed utterly at that level. Part of me still rebels against that.

To fly we have to have resistance.

An artist fights to retain the integrity of a work so that it remains a strong, clear vision. Art is and should be the act of an individual willing to say something new, something not quite familiar.

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

If we forget what used to be, then we’ve lost an ability to really be sensitive to our surroundings.

You have to let the viewers come away with their own conclusions. If you dictate what they should think, you've lost it.

I didn't have anyone to play with so I made up my own world.

OK, it was black, it was below grade, I was female, Asian American, young, too young to have served. Yet I think none of the opposition in that sense hurt me.

The worst thing about being a great power is when you're not one any more. It takes centuries to get over it.

Don't wear bacon cologne. If you put on...you know what? Screw it. Wear it. If you are the type of guy who is tempted to wear bacon cologne, it's not like you could get laid any less.

Money was invented as a lubricant for the barter system, but we're way overdue for a lube and oil change.

Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens.

Read. Travel. Read. Ask. Read. Learn. Read. Connect. Read.

Danger alone acquaints us with our own resources, our virtues, our armor and weapons, our spirit, and forces us to be strong.

When we look at life from the top of the mountain, there is no limitation

Where ever fear exists, courage can be found.

Book love is something like romantic love. When we are reading a really great book, burdens feel lighter, cares seem smaller.

I'm not getting married until I'm forty. If ever.