Art is what we do when we're truly alive.

You know, if I look at an auditorium full of high school students and the big man on campus and his girlfriend are busy talking while the lecture's going on, the rest of the room is going to do it because they're powerful sneezers. They have influence. They reach out to a whole bunch of people in a way that makes the idea of being disrespectful spread.

Human beings, thanks to culture and genetics, are inclined to be pessimistic, fearful, skeptical and believers in conspiracy theories. We also don't like change.

If you're passionate, be passionate enough to fail. Fail small, accept responsibility, repeat. The people who make change are the survivors of serial failure.

What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you.

As creators, our pursuit of perfection might be misguided, particularly if it comes at the expense of the things that matter.

The real power of tribes has nothing to do with the Internet and everything to do with people.