Never hide things from hardcore thinkers. They get more aggravated, more provoked by confusion than the most painful truths.

The artist lives to have stories to tell and to learn to tell them well.

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.

If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it.

The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people.

You get hit the hardest when trying to run or hide from a problem. Like the defense on a football field, putting all focus on evading only one defender is asking to be blindsided.

There is more to joy than looking only for affirmation; refusing to be challenged is the only bigotry.