I write funny nonfiction adventure books about crazy, serious worlds.

Corporate and political and religious psychopaths ruin economies. They ruin societies.

Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet.

I wondered if sometimes the difference between a psychopath in Broadmoor and a psychopath on Wall Street was the luck of being born into a stable, rich family.

In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.

The snowflake never needs to feel responsible for the avalanche.

‎I have panicked unnecessarily in all four corners of the globe.

It's not a good idea to define the boundaries of normality by tearing apart people who are outside of it.

We were creating a world where the smartest way to survive is to be bland.

I'm not what you'd call a fearless type of person.

At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that.

Your omnipresence is marvellous!I breathe and you enter me.I exhale and enter into you.

Now that a full flood of music has swept over our country, let Nikhil practise his scales, while we rouse the land with our cracked voices[.]

I want to show that there are indeed some universal ethical principles which could help everyone to achieve the happiness we all aspire to.

Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.

And as far as I can see the world is too old for us to talk about it with our new words.

We're building a great company, and we're very excited about the future of the company.

When you see something from afar, you develop a fantasy. But when you see it up close, 9 times out of 10, you wish you hadn't.

I guess the only thing I'd say is it ['There are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé?'] shouldn't be read as "Beyoncé is not beautiful."

Human life is the only thing that takes care of itself.

What greater work is there than training the mind and forming the habits of the young?