The point of my work is to make it clear that all youth can make 'big miracles' happen.

I wouldn't call myself a geek, but I do sometimes teach Mommy and Daddy stuff about computers. And I do watch TV, but only informative programmes like the news and documentaries.

In order to make anything a reality, you have to dream about it first.

Since the age of four, I've been exploring what I can do with the written word: everything from championing literacy and youth voice to raising awareness about world hunger.

You must lend an ear today, because we are the leaders of tomorrow

All that you need to become an entrepreneur and change the world is a working brain - and pretty much nothing else.

Learning between grown-ups and kids should be reciprocal. The reality, unfortunately, is a little different, and it has a lot to do with trust, or a lack of it.

Young people are often asked, 'What do you want to be when you grow up?' and given advice about how to lead meaningful adult lives, but where's the encouragement to lead meaningful lives right now?

If you pursued something that you felt strongly about, then I call that success.

Let's abolish the term 'childish' because adults normally cause the largest problems.

It seems we're not only uninformed about our present, we're ignorant of our past.

If you fill your head with positive thoughts, there won't be any room left for negative ones.

How did they go from Braveheart to Brigadoon in less than five minutes?

Hardship often prepares an ordinary person for an extraordinary destiny.

She who follows another’s course, finds a sure path to her own remorse.

However, what he wanted was impossible: the serenity of the Gods cannot be achieved by the sword.

If you want to unleash more creativity in your company, you need to allow for a little contamination. It is the sand in the oyster that creates the pearl.

Not being able to work would make me very unhappy.

I always know more about the ending, even the aftermath to the ending, than I know about the beginning. And so there's a construction that works from back to front.

Lastly, waging war against good people is bad for the soul. This may not seem important to you now, but it's the most important thing I've said.

Maybe the science is uncertain, maybe we don't have to worry about it. Climate change is the worst, but there's others.