The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is more deprived and alone than the man who has achieved his dream?

Failure at a task may be the result of having tackled it at the wrong time.

Other people's interruptions of your work are relatively insignificant compared with the countless times you interrupt yourself.

Scream at God if that's the only thing that will get results.

At the innermost core of all loneliness is a deep and powerful yearning for union with one's lost self.

People who ask our advice almost never take it. Yet we should never refuse to give it, upon request, for it often helps us to see our own way more clearly.

If you have a talent, use it in every which way possible. Don’t hoard it. Don’t dole it out like a miser. Spend it lavishly like a millionaire intent on going broke.

The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it.

Inspirations never go in for long engagements they demand immediate marriage to action.

Every man through fear mugs his aspirations a dozen times a day.

Some persons are very decisive when it comes to avoiding decisions.

Wondering where Ranger was now, when I needed him. Why wasn’t he here, insisting on locking me up in a safe house? Now that my hamster’s cage was clean, I’d be happy to oblige.

I've been obsessed with stories since I was a kid so it's no surprise that I ended up writing for a living.

You are not attracting the wrong people, you are simply accepting them. Saying ‘No’ frees you up so you can say ‘Yes’ when you truly want to.

Alas, bacon and eggs are not health foods.

The most effective way to achieve right relations with any living thing is to look for the best in it, and then help that best into the fullest expression.

I went by myself to Hollywood, I spoke no English, every day I had to go to school.

I always try to take projects I'm genuinely interested and passionate about versus just trying to take projects for the money.

By bringing Little Sun to Tate Modern and the London Olympics, I hope to realise an art project for those who typically have no access to global events of this scale.

We did not flinch but gave our lives to save Greece when her fate hung on a razor's edge.

If the children are untaught, their ignorance and vices will in future life cost us much dearer in their consequences than it would have done in their correction by a good education.