Compromise is a skill, and like all skills it atrophies from lack of use.

Joseph Campbell, who when asked what spiritual practice he followed said, "I underline books." Me too.

I've always been a big believer in the power of place. I believe that where we are affects who we are when it comes to happiness, spirituality, economics and creative genius.

When you drink coffee, you become very focused, and in fact, the key to creative genius is to be defocused.

You look around the world at geniuses, and they don't appear randomly, they appear in genius clusters. Athens in 50 BC, Florence 1500, Silicon Valley today. This is not a coincidence.

When you're stuck on something creatively, you can't solve a problem, you go to a coffee shop.

Believing in everything looks a lot like believing in nothing.