“It's not enough to just do your best. You must continue to improve your best.”

“The best stories are about a character who has a goal or noble quest and goes through hell to get it. Do you have a goal or quest like that in real life? Why not?”

“My self-esteem is not tied to the approval of others.”

“Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.”

“Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.”

“There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.”

“Stars shine on us, but talent shines in us.”

“If the sky was the limit, stars would not light our way to the edge of the universe.”

“A star earns the right to shine the day it is born.”