When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.

We've created rigidities at the entrance point in artisanal occupations.

Without investment, you cannot have jobs.

Popularity isn't an objective in itself. I'm not in this game.

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration.

We all strive for balance, often moving to extremes to find ourselves somewhere in the middle where we can sustainably exist in optimal inspiration. Working toward balance takes a lot of ingredients. We need courage, reflection, attention, action, and a push-and-pull relationship between effort and relaxation.

I truly find inspiration everywhere. I always tell students, and young people starting out, that the single most important skill, next to listening, is to pay attention. You never know where inspiration will strike.

In most of our dreams, our inner eye of reflection is shut and we sleep within our sleep. The exception takes place when we seem to awake within our dreams, without disturbing or ending the dream state, and learn to recognize that we are dreaming while the dream is still happening.