At first, I only laughed at myself. Then I noticed that life itself is amusing. I've been in a generally good mood ever since.

Know how to travel from your town to a nearby town without a car, either by bus or by rail.

Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your own principles.

I believe that love--not imitation--is the sincerest form of flattery. Your imitator thinks that you can be duplicated; your lover knows you can't.

If achieving your potential requires favorable judgment by others, you are much less likely to succeed.

I believe Picasso's success is just one small part of the broader modern phenomenon of artists themselves rejecting serious art- perhaps partly because serious art takes so much time and energy and talent to produce-in favor of what I call `impulse art': art work that is quick and easy, at least by comparison.

Be able to sneeze without sounding ridiculous. That means neither stifling yourself or spraying your immediate vicinity.