“Doing is a quantum leap from imagining.”

“Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Only give me the chance to do my very best!”

“I imagine there are orderly, well-organized Scanners in the world, but there can't be very many of them. It's far more common to hear a Scanner mumbling, "Now, where did I put that lizard?”

“Doing what you love isn't a priviledge; it's an obligation.”

“What you're really supposed to be doing is whatever makes your heart sing.”

“Every time you have to make a choice about anything, think "Does this go toward or away from what I want?" Always choose what goes toward what you want.”

“Every time you worry that you could get trapped in some kind of work you don't care about, you're dealing with the problem of meaningfulness. I guarantee that in the back of your mind is the thought that somehow you have to make a contribution to something, be acknowledged, do something that matters--or you're just fooling around.”