The way we approached Meru, and the way we approach a lot of these mountains, is with humility. A sense of, 'Is it going to give us passage?' Your mental attitude can affect the outcome.

You are going somewhere. Every day. Every experience you get. You're moving forward.

Mathematicians have a certain type of mind, and climbers have a certain type of mind, because climbing poses these incredibly interesting problems for them.

Right on through today, my lungs and stamina are my engine. I'm not nearly the strongest guy or the most flexible, but I can definitely sustain pace on the mountain.

The two great risks are risking too much but also risking too little. That's for each person to decide. For me, not risking anything is worse than death. By far.

A lot of why I climb is for the friendship, the loyalty and trust, the shared experience of being in that moment.

Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are you aren't.

Right now I'm the most famous silent movie actress in the world and I want to keep that for me. So I hope there's not going to be any other silent movies.

My head was always bubbling over with facts and it seems to me this had little to do with my paying close attention in school and more to do with my voracious and omnivorous reading habits.

I didn't do too much. I came here (to The Magic Castle) and learned about magic. I read a book, but not his father's book. Sorry about that.

It takes a while to tell stories, I think it's because I was drunk for three years.

I want to make college tuition-free for the middle class and debt-free for everyone else.

Confidence is when you stand over a shot and know you're going to make it because you've done it time and time again.

If an organ gets a "dis-ease" you want to care for it like a wounded friend, not an enemy who's turned against you.

I think I'm a very poor piano player.

I hope I'm becoming more eccentric. More room in the brain.