Faith is a precursor of all our ideas.

Over the years I have discovered that ideas come through an intense desire for them; continually desiring, the mind becomes a watch-tower on the lookout for incidents that may excite the imagination - music, a sunset, may give image to an idea.

The beauty of a great idea lies in the art of using it.

Prison itself is a tremendous education in the need for patience and perseverance. It is above all a test of one's commitment.

Ideas acquire a momentum of their own.

I can get away with saying a lot of ideas that are young and naive. I'm liberated.