When we teach kids to follow the rules that there’s only one right answer & to avoid mistakes at all costs, we’re resigning them to average.

When you ask "why", "what if" and "why not" you force yourself to explore what's possible and not just what is.

Ask yourself this: If there was zero chance of failure, what would you do? Now, go do that.

Anyone can notice wrong answers. It takes the creative person to notice the wrong questions.

Most think as an OR. This OR that. The most successful among us think as an AND. This AND that.

Creativity is not a talent; It is a skill. A talent is something you are born with. A skill is something you learn.

We can no longer rely on the rules of the past to win.

You can't be great at everything, but you are world-class at something. Go. Figure out what that is. It's how you win.

The inhibitor of creativity isn't potential it's fear. We worry about saying the wrong thing or looking foolish so we govern our imagination.

A winner makes mistakes. A loser blames others for them.

If you stand for great service, low prices, superb quality, stylish design and environmental friendliness, you actually stand for nothing.

When we give ourselves permission to fail..we at the same time, give ourselves permission to excel.

Writers block to me is all the voices in your head trying to tune out the one voice that has something worthy say.

To imagine that God wants prayers and hymns of praise is to make him out to a sort of oriental potentate; while praying for favours is an attempt to get him to change his allegedly all-wise mind.

The closest thing we have to the traditional ideology of the leisure class is a group of artists and intellectuals who regard their work as play and their play as work.

That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life.

The blues are real important. It's where most of the hard rock n' roll came from.

I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.

I don't mind their having a lot of money, and I don't care how they employ it, but I do think that they damn well ought to admit they enjoy it.

When I turned 16, I thought I was a man. I needed the money. When you don't have it, crazy thoughts go through your mind.

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.