The challenge is to just focus on what's actually happening, focus on the people who get it, and focus on the people who are listening.

The world needs actual excitement and emotion more than it needs cool people.

Nobody ever sees me. Thank you.

I suppose I'm happy to sell my time and energy, but I'm not happy to sell my initial creative time.

One thing about being a performer is you're not just doing an intellectual job behind a desk; you're out there performing and being looked at, being assessed for really superficial stuff.

American culture in particular has instilled in us the bizarre notion that to ask for help amounts to an admission of failure. But some of the most powerful, successful, admired people in the world seem, to me, to have something in common: they ask constantly, creatively, compassionately, and gracefully. And to be sure: when you ask, there's always the possibility of a no on the other side of the request. If we don't allow for that no, we're not actually asking, we're either begging or demanding. But it is the fear of the no that keeps so many of our mouths sewn tightly shut.

When we really see each other, we want to help each other.