"The essence of greatness is the ability to choose personal fulfillment in circumstances where others choose madness."

“Brands were a by-product of having great products and communicating them well to people. Power stations that generate a lot of electricity probably have a lot of steam coming out of the chimneys. That doesn't mean to say that the engineers stand around working out how to make more steam.”

“I think you can get a sort of intensity and an edginess offering nine stories in a book. Competing versions of things.”

“Writers are the engineers of human souls.”

“Go out and do for others what somebody did for you.”

Source : Randy Pausch, Jeffrey Zaslow (2008). “The Last Lecture”, p.247, Hachette UK

“No craving void left aching in the soul.”

“In one of my favorite anecdotes about Foucault, someone asks him why he writes books. He responds by saying something like "When I begin to write a book, I do not know how it will come out, what it will say in the end. If I already did, I wouldn't need to write it."”

“Those who are waiting for an epiphany to strike may wait forever. The artist simply goes to work, making art, both good and not so good.”

“Dreamt I died in Chicago next weekend (heart attack in my sleep). Need to write my will today,”

Source : "Weezer's Mikey Welsh: His Final Weeks" by Jillian Mapes, www.hollywoodreporter.com. October 10, 2011.