...the imagination is unleashed by constraints. You break out of the box by stepping into shackles.

Every creative story is different. And every creative story is the same. There was nothing. Now there is something. It's almost like magic.

And so we keep on thinking, because the next thought might be the answer.

We see them most when we are o nnthe outside looking in

Money chases good ideas

The great ages did not perhaps produce much more talent than ours, ' [T.S.] Eliot wrote. 'But less talent was wasted.

In fact, most of us see perseverance as a distinctly uncreative approach, the sort of strategy that people with mediocre ideas are forced to rely on.

The benefit of such horizontal interactions - people sharing knowledge across fields - is that it encourages conceptual blending, which is an extremely important part of the insight process.

Insights, after all, come from the overlap between seemingly unrelated thoughts. They emerge when concepts are transposed, when the rules of one place are shifted to a new domain.

The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader." - Quoting Derek Sivers

Believe me, man, there are people who are going to have way more troubles mentally than I am.

Educated men and women, especially those who are in college, very often get the idea that religion is fit only for the common people. No young man or woman can make a greater error than this.

If you do everything in your power to avoid writing and still can't, then you must be a writer.

I am amazed by how many individuals mess up every new day with yesterday.

Women who bring up children by themselves do it heroically, they do it against all odds, men who don't feel responsible for being part of their child's life create real strains on that family.

The sun is always shining someplace.

I have some rhythms on my computers, that are actually called "trance", they go from 1-30 or 40. They're grooves that come on the synth. If I could somehow use them, I would.

when I live in you, then together we can live through everything that happens to you.

If Democrats want to start winning elections in this country, they're going to have to start connecting with voters as well as I connect with my fans.