When I was in college, I wanted to be involved in things that would change the world.

Failure is an option here. If things are not failing, you are not innovating enough.

When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor.

People should pursue what they're passionate about. That will make them happier than pretty much anything else.

I think it is possible for ordinary people to choose to be extraordinary.

I'm extremely confident that solar will be at least a plurality of power, and most likely a majority... in less than 20 years.

Constantly seek criticism. A well thought out critique of what you're doing is as valuable as gold

Optimism, pessimism, f**k that; we're going to make it happen. As God is my bloody witness, I'm hell-bent on making it work.

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

Mars is the only place in the solar system where it's possible for life to become multi-planetarian.

My mentality is that of a samurai. I would rather commit seppuku than fail.

If you stop focusing on all the reasons why you can’t do it, you just may surprise yourself to see what you can do.

Other men see only a hopeless end but the Christian rejoices in an endless hope.

Film is the best way to capture an image and project that image. It just is, hands down.

Writing as a woman presents enormous problems but I have attempted it several times and haven't had many complaints.

Many people don't have relationships to their siblings in adulthood, or they have superficial ones. It's sort of unfashionable, particularly in America, to be close to your family.

Sexual chaos reigns currently, but out of chaos may flow true understanding and harmony, and either way Elvis almost singlehandedly opened the floodgates.

The hardest part about moving from nice California weather was the freezing cold New York.

The realist lies for advantage. The fantasist lies to give his dreams a flavor of reality.

I wasn't trying to top Pulp Fiction with Jackie Brown. I wanted to go underneath it and make a more modest character study movie.

May I never get too busy in my own affairs that I fail to respond to the needs of others with kindness and compassion.