The only thing that mattered was what you were to do in life, and it wasn't about money. It was about teaching, or learning.

If we can't face death, we'll never overcome it. You have to look it straight in the eye. Then you can turn around and walk back out into the light.

I can't shout out, "Do this." I don't want to be prescriptive. I want to give you facts, and that's the way I've always operated, whether it's a historical fact or a scientific fact, and then you actually have to connect it in your brain.

I like to think of my work as creating a private conversation with each person, no matter how public each work is and no matter how many people are present

Nothing is ever guaranteed, and all that came before doesn't predicate what you might do next.

Our lives are given meaning by our actions-accomplishments made while we are "here" that extend beyond our own time.

I loved school. I studied like crazy. I was a Class A nerd.