Intelligence is what you use when you don't know what to do: when neither innateness nor learning has prepared you for the particular situation.

Logical activity is not the whole of intelligence. One can be intelligent without being particularly logical.

The current state of knowledge is a moment in history, changing just as rapidly as the state of knowledge in the past has ever changed and, in many instances, more rapidly.

The principle goal of education in the schools should be creating men and women who are capable of doing new things, not simply repeating what other generations have done.

For me, my travels have been the chance to go to a place that already exists in my imagination.

Anyone who has an imagination can write a book - it's cheap to do - but movies are big money.

Everyone has their own journey, and for me, going from singing background to writing songs has truly opened doors for me and has also helped me find myself as an artist in terms of what I want to say and the style of music I want to have.

As one of four daughters, I grew up with an imaginary brother - wondering what it would have been like if one of us had been a boy. There's no question that there was a phantom boy child in my imagination when I was young.