Generosity is luck going in the opposite direction, away from you. If you're generous to someone, if you do something to help him out, you are in effect making him lucky. This is important. It's like inviting yourself into a community of good fortune.

Without passion, all the skill in the world won't lift you above craft.

This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.

There's an energy that comes through the release of tension that is laughter.

But obligation, I eventually saw, is not the same as commitment, and it's certainly not an acceptable reason to stick with something that isn't working

Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box

In order to be creative, you have to know how to prepare to be creative.