There's a sameness and comfort level you get living in a country like America..

I've always been about setting goals. Then when I had a near death experience at nineteen, it made it even more important to strive to achieve certai….

Schools often box kids into predefined categories. But we don't know what amazing ideas, inventions, cures, and contributions all these youths really….

I once had a young musician come to me and say that he wanted to be a professional musician. I asked him to write his list. When he came back to me, ….

All of us make assumptions about what somebody's potential is, because we all think of why somebody can or can't do something. We make terrible assum….

I love finding myself in the most bizarre situations, drinking cobra's blood - really diverse stories. And yet, I will still turn up on location some….

Instead of focusing on the amount of money lacking in your budget, focus on what you DO have: a willing spirit, an imagination filled with bright ide….

I'm all about nonfiction. I rarely read fiction. I like to read about things that really happened, facts, real life situations. That's what inspires ….

There are amazing teachers, but the system doesn't always allow them to address the individual needs of a child..

With any good story, you need the adversary, the heroes and villains. You need a good mixture to make it work..

I'm not saying that you shouldn't go to college or you shouldn't finish your degree, but sometimes people have a very clear vision about what they wa….

I love stories. When I tell a story, I try to think of people sitting around a crackling campfire..

La Paz, Bolivia, is the most extraordinary city..

Our schools are filled with this potential energy, and we need to create an environment for that energy to manifest itself..

When I hear people watched my film and then got on their own bikes and rode, whether a few miles or across America, to achieve their own goals - that….

If you look around my room, you see lots of lists. I'm inspired by what's up on the wall..

Stories have inspired me all my life. I like reading about what other people have done and it inspires me to share my own stories, and encourage peop….

As you get older and you realize you really don't know as much as you think you know, you listen more. Because then you think, now I need to be more ….

I try to encourage people to identify the things in life that they really want to do, so that over a period of time they can design or steer their li….

I do believe that out of adversity comes incredible resourcefulness..