Growing up, I found I was good at two things: Art and Math. To hear my parents say it, though, it was only, 'John is good at Math.
how absurd human beings are and how magnificent.
The conductor of an orchestra doesn’t make a sound. He depends, for his power, on his ability to make other people powerful.
My job [is] to awaken possibility in other people. If their eyes are shining, you know you're doing it. If they're not shining you get to ask this question: "Who am I being that my children's eyes are not shining?"
I have a definition of success. For me it's very simple. It's not about wealth and fame and power. It's about how many shining eyes I have around me.
Throw yourself into life as someone who makes a difference, accepting that you may not understand how or why.
When you make a mistake, throw your hands in the air and say "How fascinating!"
We tap our toes to chaste love songs about the silvery moon without recognizing them as hymns to copulation.
Eliot said that "genuine poetry can communicate before it is understood. " What he meant by that is, the emotional understanding comes before you understand the argument that follows later in the text.
I don't think everybody wanted to be on [new Star Trek series]. I certainly didn't.
Making mistakes is human. . . repeating 'em is too.