Of course, MIT was notable not just for its faculty but also for its students. And, facing such extremely bright kids as a rookie teacher was something like being thrown to the wolves.

The theory of mechanism design can be thought of as the 'engineering' side of economic theory.

Leo Hurwicz is the father of mechanism design theory and has inspired much of my work, and Roger Myerson is an old friend and collaborator and a tremendous economist.

Better be too credulous than too skeptical

Real magic in relationships means an absence of judgment of others.

[Golfers] are a special kind of moral realist who nips the normal romantic and idealistic yearnings in the bud by proving once or twice a week that life is unconquerable but endurable.

Faith is a capacity of the spirit. It is like talent: you have to be born with it

I'm really proud of the fact that anywhere, at any time, I can make music. A lot of people can't do that.

I do love that discovery of when you're trying to figure out how to make something work, and it happens in a way that you didn't predict.

Film, therefore, is part of society, not distant from it, easy to experience for people regardless of class.

One ungrateful man injures all who need assistance.

Show me a writer, any writer, who hasn't suffered and I'll show you someone who writes in pastels as opposed to primary colors.

Truth is the most precious thing. That's why we should ration it.