There are as many forms of memory as there are ways of perceiving, and every one of them is worth mining for inspiration.

Creativity is not just for artists. It's for businesspeople looking for a new way to close a sale; it's for engineers trying to solve a problem; it's for parents who want their children to see the world in more than one way.

That's what improvising is like for me. There's no tollbooth between my impulse and my action.

Don’t sign on for more problems than you must. Resist the temptation to involve yourself in other people’s zones of expertise and responsibility. Monitor troublesome situations if you need to, but don’t insert yourself unless you’re running out of time and a solution is nowhere in sight. In short, stifle your inner control freak.

You double your intensity with skill.

I always find that the best collaborations are when you work with people that know what they're doing, and you leave them alone to do it.

I learned very early that an audience would relax and look at things differently if they felt they could laugh with you from time to time. There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.