Smile, look invested, and when you hand in certain projects, say you enjoyed working on them.

Smile at people, pop your head into your boss’s office regularly and say hello, and come to your first meeting with something really smart to say.

During your job search, you must also be networking as much as possible, attending events, talks, lectures, and conferences where you’ll meet people you can add to your contact list.

You can’t get caught up in worrying about whether everyone you work with likes you. Ultimately you want the respect of your coworkers, but you don’t need them to be your buddies.

Come right out and say you want it: “It’s been great hearing you talk about the position. I’d love to work here, and I think I could do a terrific job for you.

You should also have a bio that plays up your brand—this will be used for any kind of press or speaking engagement. Make it jazzy and exciting, and don’t be afraid of language that really touts you.

Change moves incrementally from breath to breath and moment to moment, allowing for course-correction along the way.

I can be patient, Vivienne, and I believe you’re worth waiting for.

It was so close to October that Halloween was knocking at his heart.

Reason is flawless, de jure, but reasoners are not, de facto.

There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy.

Basically, editing is done in rehearsal and in the writing process and in the acting, so it's very, very tricky, very, very tricky.

The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the right.

There is little difference in the knowledge held by those who can't learn and those who won't.

That which lives on reason lives against the spirit.

Any conversation I have about innovation starts with the ultimate goal.