With any good story, you need the adversary, the heroes and villains. You need a good mixture to make it work.

A good storyteller can hold everybody captive without the special effects of Hollywood.

Anything new and different is most susceptible to market research.

Our schools are filled with this potential energy, and we need to create an environment for that energy to manifest itself.

Instead of focusing on the amount of money lacking in your budget, focus on what you DO have: a willing spirit, an imagination filled with bright ideas, people who care about you and can perhaps help you in some way. These are the things that will enable you to do almost anything.

There was some expiration point to my life, and it became very important to maximize the time that I did have on Earth. That's what led me to my personal philosophy: "No Opportunity Wasted" - NOW for short, which is about living life to the fullest.

I'm not saying that you shouldn't go to college or you shouldn't finish your degree, but sometimes people have a very clear vision about what they want to do, and they just want to get on with it.