There's never been a presidency that's done so much in such a short period of time, and we haven't even started the big work yet.
What you do has far greater impact than what you say.
Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects.
I want to be able to do work where I think it's very forward, but I also want it to exist in a big way and have an effect on a lot of people.
I am so credible and so influential and so relevant that I will change things.
If you have an opportunity to reach people on a broad scale, it's not enough to just entertain people. You have to take responsibility. You has to do something substantial. Otherwise you're squandering what you have.
If I can give a very substantial injection of humanistic thinking into corporations, boy, that would change things a lot.
Actions should speak louder than words.
This is not a country where we look lightly at tens of millions of dollars in lost direct costs in restructuring entire industries, and say, well, that's not irreparable harm, it doesn't concern us.
Changes which are slow and gradual can be hard to notice even if their ultimate impact is quite dramatic.
I want to do work where I have something to say.
Be aware that even before you have reached your ultimate professional destination, if you always strive for excellence, you can and should have a substantial impact on the world in which you live.
