First, believe in your ability to create the future. That's what leaders do-that is our job. Understand reality but never be imprisoned by it. Reality is a moment in time. The future has not yet been written-it is written by leaders.

I didn't break into comics to write fairytales or crime comics.

Cookbooks are almost a substitution for a lost sense of culture. People want some other life than the one they're living, so they buy a cookbook with pictures and imagine themselves as part of that life.

I think exactly the same qualities as men [women role model needs], exactly the same, which is kindness, courage and intelligence.

When you expect the best from people, you will often see more in them than they see in themselves.

Your capacity to grow determines your capacity to lead.

Artists, no matter how good their intentions, are always slower than they think.