The goal, then, is to uncouple fear and failure—to create an environment in which making mistakes doesn’t strike terror into your employees’ hearts.

This principle eludes most people, but it is critical: You are not your idea, and if you identify too closely with your ideas, you will take offense when they are challenged.

When it come to creative inspiration, job titles and hierarchy are meaningless.

Trust doesn't mean that you trust that someone won't screw up— it means you trust them even when they do screw up.

The roller coaster came to a stop and a good friend got off, but what a ride we'd taken together. It had been one hell of a trip.

Jesus expect miracles to run after you, He does not expect you to run after miracles.

No beer before 5 p.m., wait... did I just say that?

A man can well afford to be as bold as brass, my good fellow, when he gets gold in exchange!

If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.

We may be sure that out of the ruins of our capitalist civilization a new religion will emerge, just as Christianity emerged from the ruins of the Roman civilization.

I don't have a directorial overview, which sometimes is very helpful.

The simplest and most familiar truth seems new and wonderful the instant we ourselves experience it for the first time.

Good wine is good. Great wine is great. More wine is better.

Expectation improperly indulged in must end in disappointment.

I deplore the horrible crime of child-murder...We want prevention, not merely punishment. We must reach the root of the evil, and destroy it.