We get into ruts when we run with the first idea that pops into our head, not the last one.

You have to believe there's something at the other side. And you have to have faith in yourself. You have to think that you have the tools to accomplish it.

I understand things that are American, for better or worse.

Traveling the paths of greatness, even in someone else's footprints, is a vital means to acquiring skill.

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

There really is nothing I ever had access to that I didn't appreciate.

Creativity is an act of defiance.