You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.

The blank space can be humbling. But I've faced it my whole professional life. It's my job. It's also my calling. Bottom line: Filling this empty space constitutes my identity.

When you stimulate your body, your brain comes alive in ways you can't simulate in a sedentary position.

I think that probably the moments of discovery do come from a place that is not totally organized. Order is something that we already know about. Discoveries are in a place we don't already know about.

Solitude is an unavoidable part of creativity. Self-reliance is a happy by-product.

You don't get into the mood to create – it's discipline.

I have to feel that each thing I've learned I can push to another point next time. I'm not very good with repetition. I would rather not work than feel that repetition is the order of the day.