In general, great companies prefer to grow organically, as Wall Street likes to say. That is, from the inside out, by finding new markets or by taking market share from their competitors.

Also, most people read fiction as an escape - and I wonder whether my books aren't a bit too grounded in reality to reach the widest possible audience.

If only the human body could handle trauma as well as biotechnology stocks do.

Even so, sometimes I wish I did have a little bit more flair in my language.

Volatility may be rising simply because investors must digest more information every day.

Never underestimate the power of Abby Joseph Cohen.

Sergeant Bergdahl may have broken any number of military laws.

The notion that employees and companies have a social contract with each other that goes beyond a paycheck has largely vanished in United States business.

Good spectator sports share certain fundamentals. Their competitors battle head-to-head. Their winners are determined objectively: fastest runner, most points. They are refereed, not judged.

Downhill track sports like luge are technology battles, as exciting as a NASCAR qualifying day.

Did anyone in the White House or the N.S.A or the C.I.A. consider flying to Hong Kong and treating Mr. Snowden like a human being, offering him a chance to testify before Congress and a fair trial?

The web is a dangerous place for a mind begging to slack off and be distracted by nonsense.

There is a sort of jealousy which needs very little fire: it is hardly a passion, but a blight bred in the cloudy, damp despondency of uneasy egoism.

Humor levels the playing field. I understood that early on - that was something I had.

It's really all about family, love and the children for me. I work at that every day.

Some pushers are way better than others.

A journey of four hundred and thirty miles can be made in any part of the United States, but in Turkey it takes as many days.

I really believe in completely being naive and having high hopes when meeting someone new. I can kind of re-do my stupidity or my naivete.

It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.

Wear your heart on your skin in this life.

At the day of judgment we shall not be asked what we have read but what we have done.