Honesty is a virtue, but not the only one. If you're in a courtroom you need the whole truth and nothing but the truth; in the living room, sometimes you need anything but. Often.
People need service - great service where music is concerned.
That diploma you hold in your hands today is really just your learner's permit for the rest of the drive through life. Remember, you don't have to be smarter than the next person, all you have to do is be willing to work harder than the next person.
When you learn to harness the power of your fears, it can take you places beyond your wildest dreams
The thing about seeing the big picture and being self-aware is knowing that it's not about you. It's about the big picture. It's not about you. It's not. This is not about you.
Every room that you walk into is better off that you're there.
Continue to learn with humility, not hubris. Hubris is boring.
I don't remember learning to read, but the first thing I remember reading is a science fiction novel.
When your dream is bigger than you are, you only have two choices: give up or get help.
Movies can't ruin books. They can only ruin movies.
There came this point where I sat down with all my notebooks and I had to start to write, when I thought: this whole notion of writing for the person who understands nothing, the average reader. . . He has to die! I can't have him in my head. And so the person I started writing for was the homicide detective.