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I think most people, no matter what their situation, manage to find joy and comfort in their daily lives. I also think things fall apart.

When I think about it, the happiest and most successful people I know don't just love what they do, they're obsessed with solving something that matters to them. They remind me of a dog chasing a tennis ball: Their eyes go a little crazy, the leash snaps and they go bounding off, plowing through whatever gets in the way.

Everyone has something that they desperately need that makes them feel good, that they don't want anything to get in the way of. Whether it's a man's golf game, whether it's a woman's cooking. I have a friend who has to clean. She's addicted to cleaning.

Some cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go.

I think people really want to be happy.

I have a hard time being happy, and I think a lot of creative people suffer with that when life gets real happy.

Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is grief that develops the powers of the mind.

Sometimes the most happy people in life are the ones with nothing. We can't lose sight of the little things in life that should make us the happiest.

The more people have, the less content they seem to be. In America, the cultural expectation that we're to be happy all the time and our children are to be happy all the time is toxic, and I think that really gets in the way of emotional well-being.

I think a lot of the world searches in vain for happiness in ways that will not bring them happiness.