It takes a courageous fool to say things that have not been said and to do things that have not been done.

When you're socially awkward, you're isolated more than usual, and when you're isolated more than usual, your creativity is less compromised by what has already been said and done. All your hope in life starts to depend on your craft, so you try to perfect it. One reason I stay isolated more than the average person is to keep my creativity as fierce as possible. Being the odd one out may have its temporary disadvantages, but more importantly, it has its permanent advantages.

There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you're wrong and you can't face it; the other is when you're right and nobody else can face it.

The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret.

There's no need to curse God if you're an ugly duckling. He chooses those strong enough to endure it so that they can guide others who've felt the same.

Anger's like a battery that leaks acid right out of me And it starts from the heart til it reaches my outer me

Learning isn't acquiring knowledge so much as it is trimming information that has already been acquired.