Given the freedom to create, everybody is creative. All of us have an innate, instinctive desire to change our environment, to put our original stamp on this world, to tell a story never told before....

Don’t be afraid to make an ass of yourself. I do it all the time, and look what I got.” (Spoken at a graduation ceremony while holding aloft an honorary doctoral degree from McGill University)

If you make a fool of yourself, you can do it with dignity, without taking your pants down. And if you do take your pants down, you can still do it with dignity.