The old paradigm was pay to play. Now you get back what you authentically put in. You've got to be willing to play to play.

Being a great company is the new brand.

Fear is the mortal enemy of creativity, innovation, and happiness.

Ideas are abundant. Practice giving your ideas away. If you hold onto ideas too tightly, you can convince people (and yourself) that you may not come up with any new ones

You create a fearful culture where you spend a lot of time looking at where you screwed up.

If you have to fear something, fear mediocrity.

If you're not having fun, you're doing it wrong.

Reinvent yourself. Repeat.

We try to 'self-medicate' ourselves against boredom with mobile phones in any given moment of free time.

If your freedom means immorality, the cross will cry over your freedom.

At the moment of giving birth to a child, is the mother separate from the child? You should study not only that you become a mother when your child is born, but also that you become a child.

If I might be the means of saving one soul I should prefer it to all the riches and honor in the world

There’s an old adage that says that money is the root of all evil. Bullshit. Lack of money is the root of all evil.

Be patient and calm; no one can catch fish in anger.

When you fall, never get up without gaining anything. Always find something on the way up. If there are only rocks, grasp one to throw in order to defend yourself.

I don't write songs, songs write me.

Everyone is lonely sometimes, even married people. But most single women (as well as women with spouses) actually enjoy their solitude.

When I really love someone, I can only show it by making aggressive and bad-taste remarks.

I guess I'm up to about 70% of normal, which is a real relief. My doctor gave me clearance to go out in public again, so I've been able to go to the store and help out a little bit around the house.