You are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life.

The only way to find your voice is to use it. It’s hardwired, built into you. Talk about the things you love. Your voice will follow.

It’s one of my theories that when people give you advice, they’re really just talking to themselves in the past.

Usually, when we talk about creativity, it's about self-expression, which is great, but for work to be art or design, there has to be someone on the other end. The audience makes the work come alive.

Don't wait until you know who you are to get started.

Be curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.

You can’t be content with mastery; you have to push yourself to become a student again.

You’re only going to be as good as the stuff you surround yourself with.

The thing is: It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don't have that energy if you waste it on other stuff.

Don't worry about doing research. Just search.

You can't find your voice if you don't use it.

Life is a journey- not only to see the world- to find yourself, your place in the world, and your happiness.

Sometimes it's best to let your opponent think he has control.

When you are a mother you are never really alone in your thoughts ... A mother has to think twice once for herself and once for her child.

I was raised to pretend.

The dice cannot read their own spots.

The earth I tread on is not a dead inert mass. It is a body, has a spirit; is organic and fluid to the influence of its spirit and to whatever particle of the spirit is in me.

It was not Soviet people who formed the American Communist Party.

Managing brands is going to be more and more about trying to manage everything that your company does.

As for writing about temptation, there's no drama without temptation, and no novel without drama.

Tao is beyond words and beyond things. It is not expressed either in word or in silence. Where there is no longer word or silence Tao is apprehended.