For the better part of my adult life, I proudly avoided nerd/nimrod/goober status. I was always just cool enough.

I don't do anything to try to change people's perceptions of me. I tend to think that's sort of an ego driven thing.

You're doing your kids a disservice if they do get everything they want because that's not the way life's going to go, and I think kids have to have some reality.

Your brain, like your tongue, is a muscle. Practicing thinking by yourself really helps develop your brain, which you need throughout your day. I like to practice my thinking in a darkened room, alone.

Everyone said to Vincent van Gogh, "You can't be a great painter, you only have one ear." And you know what he said? "I can't hear you".

Is it true that if you don’t USE it you LOSE it?

I am happily married, and I think I was lucky that success came a little later in my life. It's difficult to handle all the attention when you are a young gun.