I went to a motivational training course once a course of self-discovery and I found out after a week that my fear - it was not a fear of not being accepted - was a very violent fear of failure.

What matters is this: Being fearless of failure arms you to break the rules. In doing so you may change the culture and just possibly for a moment change life itself.

I feel that 'The Great Failure' is really a book written out of great love and a willingness to face all of who a human being is.

I'm very comfortable with failure. I'm very comfortable being the guy who disappoints people.

In a crowded marketplace fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace not standing out is the same as being invisible.

We feel a lot of pressure about looking silly or appearing weak whatever that means or being a failure. You have to keep in your head: what's the worst that can happen?

Sadness is a super important thing not to be ashamed about but to include in our lives. One of the bigger problems with sadness or depression is there's so much shame around it. If you have it you're a failure. You are felt as being very unattractive.

My story of success and failure is not just about music and being famous. It's about living and loving and trying to find purpose in this crazy world.

If you're not a born-again Christian you're a failure as a human being.

Before I was married I didn't consider my failure to manage even basic hand tools a feminist inadequacy. I thought it had more to do with being Jewish. The Jews I knew growing up didn't do 'do-it-yourself.' When my father needed to hammer something he generally used his shoe and the only real tool he owned was a pair of needle-nose pliers.