Autonomy is the whole thing; it's what unhappy people are missing. They have given the power to run their lives to other people.

Make notes—I’ve lost more material than I’ve ever written. Contrary to popular opinion, it’s not still up there in one’s brain. It’s in outer space and it ain’t coming back.

Sometimes you are being interviewed by someone and you think, if I knew this person they'd be my best friend. Other times you're being interviewed by a complete jerk.

Some people with awful cards can be successful because of how they deal with the tragedies they're handed, and that seems courageous to me.

And if you ever do a survey, you'll find that people prefer illusion to reality, ten to one. Twenty, even.

Depending on the reality one must face, one may prefer to opt for illusion.

Feeling is not selective, I keep telling you that. You can’t feel pain, you aren’t gonna feel anything else, either.