The early bird catches the worm.

Better a bad excuse, than none at all.

The early bird catches the worm.

The sea hath fish for every man.

It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique.

I know I'm not much on face value, but when it comes to stage value, I'll deliver for you.

Student loan debt is the reason I don't advise students who want to become entrepreneurs to apply to elite, expensive colleges. They can be as successful if they go to a relatively inexpensive public college.

We say arts education is good for general education, but that's not the point. The arts are what great nations are remembered for. They are a mirror.

An ugly diamond is still worth more than a beautiful pebble.

And I thought my loss my loss was not, certainly, the end of the world, but to lessen the enthusiasm of those young people who were signed up, I thought that was tragic.

Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.

Doing representations of real people is not my strongpoint as a visual artist, and I know that.

Don't let reality, get in way of your dreams.

Let him who desires peace prepare for war.

All fiction is about people, unless it's about rabbits pretending to be people. It's all essentially characters in action, which means characters moving through time and changes taking place, and that's what we call 'the plot'.

My daughter is full energy, like my wife and I, and strong-minded and has an opinion, like we do. And my boys, one's a bit more calm and chill, and the other is much more sensitive to things. You see this right away, when they're first born. One cried, one didn't, with the boys.

The feeling of overwhelm always means the same thing Youre too heavy on the action and not heavy enough on the alignment of energy.

I enjoy being on stage with other artists. I have a chance to watch and see people responding to the other artists songs. I get to see how people are affected by the music.

My job is to be tech entrepreneur-in-residence at the White House.

In becoming an icon, it is useful to die young.

I'm learning Spanish - I got Rosetta Stone for Christmas.

'Dandelion Wine' became one of the few books that I returned to time and again, and while not anywhere near the story crafter as Mr. Bradbury, I hope I managed to absorb by osmosis some of his techniques.

If we were to inspect ourselves or members of our family and our friends, we would see that we don't really have to go all the way overseas to be mystified - we can be mystified right at home.

The theatre is like a Catholic Mass of language.

Accountancy prepares one to be able to run very different kinds of businesses, and my background prepared me for the music.

Administrator McCarthy committed perjury and made several false statements at multiple congressional hearings and as a result, is guilty of high crimes and misdemeanors - an impeachable offense.

Sometimes we followed the crops, doing migrant labor. We did several years of tenant farming in Western Oregon starting in the early '50s. Later, my stepdad managed gas stations in a small town near Portland.

It's a writer's or director's role to be cerebral, whereas for an actor it should be a visceral, gut thing. When the action starts, it's best to turn the brain off and let it become an instinctual thing.