The extent of creativity to which I admire in an individual is his ability to be richly creative while still, in a way, telling the truth. It is the fool who creates only his own lies, and the bore who simply repeats what he is told.

Controversy is a last resort for the talentless.

The most mesmerizing of artists is always like one who was merely drawing in the sand and people came to watch.

I once began to ask around what constitutes a good poem. It felt petty, in a sense. A boy would need no help in deciding which girls he thinks are pretty.

Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality.

If only we were all better educated. If then, higher education would at last be a journey for skill and knowledge rather than for power and status.

When you have wit of your own, it's a pleasure to credit other people for theirs.

Even the richest of brands are robbed by poor character.

On athleticism, God knows no favor. It seems rather he is in the business of teaching winners how to lose and losers how to win.