It's hard to resist the magical thinking that the work habits of great writers are the key to their greatness.

I want to keep my dreams, even bad ones, because without them, I might have nothing all night long.

Never ignore a gut feeling, but never believe that it's enough.

where are the snowdens of yesteryear?

When I grow up I want to be a little boy.

The real work of social innovation is to fix our broken human systems.

Be careful how you interpret the world: It is like that.

Always mind the distance between your dreams and your reality.

Grief is an element. It has its own cycle like the carbon cycle, the nitrogen. It never diminishes not ever. It passes in and out of everything.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

The country was in peril; he was jeopardizing his traditional rights of freedom and independence by daring to exercise them.

Lust is the source of all our actions, and humanity.

Even the most racist person make a very painful racial comment, give him a smile. It's better than you take a weapon on him because he's just gonna go like, "Oh." He's just being stupid.

Most of your happiness will come from your relationships with others. Handle them with care.

If I'm not working, I'm not happy. That's it. That's the prerequisite for me for happiness.

To say that a man is your Friend means commonly no more than this, that he is not your enemy.

Do not base your life on the judgments of others; first, because they are as likely to be mistaken as you are, and further, because you cannot know that they are telling you their true thoughts.

In business it's about people. It's about relationships.

Few years ago I did 30m in 3.7 seconds. Whether that makes me quicker than [Usain] Bolt, I don't know! We all know Usain is the best.

This is a short book because most books about writing are filled with bullshit.

What is deferred is not avoided.