We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.

Happiness is like a butterfly; the more you chase it, the more it will elude you. But if you turn your attention to other things, it will come and sit softly on your shoulder.

The founders of a new colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally project, have invariably recognized it among their earliest practical necessities to allot a portion of the virgin soil as a cemetery, and another portion as the site of a prison.

The only way to tell the truth is to speak with kindness. Only the words of a loving man can be heard.

直觉是一切的关键，在绘画、电影制作、商业中——一切。我认为你可以有智力能力，但如果你能磨练你的直觉，他们说这是情感和智力的结合，那么一种认知就会出现。

我写小说，人们说那是自传；我写自传，人们说那是小说。既然我这么笨，他们这么聪明，那就让他们决定是什么或不是什么吧。

Success comes from having the right mindset, the right attitude, and the right preparation.

Simplicity is not the absence of complexity, but the resolution of it.