We all hit bumps. But we're not defined by the bumps, we're defined by how we respond to those bumps.

In a pond koi can reach lengths of eighteen inches. Amazingly, when placed in a lake, koi can grow to three feet long. The metaphor is obvious. You are limited by how you see the world.

Interestingly, koi, when put in a fish bowl, will only grow up to three inches. When this same fish is placed in a large tank, it will grow to about nine inches long.

Be honest with yourself, and you will find the motivation to do what you advise others to do.

The best lesson we can teach our children is to have fun. It's infectious, it's contagious.

No man is exempt from saying silly things

Reclined legs don't get fed, they get limp like boiled spaghetti. Walk it out!

When the American people get through with the English language, it will look as if it had been run over by a musical comedy.

I have to live the content, then come back and write about it.

I don't belong to any school. I work in my corner. I admire Degas.

There can never be a more beautiful you.

People forget facts, but they remember stories.

I think faith can be anything. It can be believing in yourself, or if you believe there's a higher being that's watching over you.

The history of science has been one long series of violent brainstorms, as successive generations have come to terms with increasing levels of queerness in the universe.

I have a muse who's very powerful, but I'm still a hopeless deadbeat of a poet.