I love how you still think if you tell me to do something, I'll just check my brain at the door and do it.

It’s probably my job to tell you life isn’t fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I’ll tell you that hope is precious, and you’re right not to give up.

There are much more important qualities to have than a docile disposition.

Please tell me you're not that stupid.Rachel to Melkin

I never thought it was fair that anatomy decided what my brain was fit for.

Don't let him take who you are. Make him fear who you'll become.

A postsecondary education is the ticket to economic success in America.

I want to be prepared to claim the greatest virtue of all - that I was a man who made money

Most people come out of their Ph.D. experience trying to prove themselves, trying to get ahead, trying to get published. You're scared everybody else is going to do your research and get your topic.

Writing is a performance art for me. They're very closely aligned, writing and performing. But I'm a writer, not a performer.

I'm not one to run around with different girls. I like someone that makes me feel good and that I can make feel good.

But, you know, it's still a drag to get your picture taken when you're eating a sandwich. It's a downer.

The things I really learned, I learned from watching my parents. They take care of business. Always have.

Spirituality really lost its way when it became a stick to beat people with: ‘Do this or you’ll burn in hell.

We hope that the long darkness through which the Burmese people have lived may now be coming to an end.