Sometimes labeling is only useful, like with OCD. Once you're labeled you can be treated. On other occasions labeling leads to tyranny, like with childhood bipolar disorder in the U.S.

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.

The true creator-self is a light-at-heart and care-free child, who accesses destiny as a simple act of joyful play.

We must teach our girls that if they speak their mind, they can create the world they want to see. (145)

A boy is naturally full of humor.

Information is like compost; it does no good unless you spread it around.

I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.

I don't know what's more exhausting about parenting: the getting up early, or acting like you know what you're doing.

It's about the music, it's not about just showing people what you can do with a piece of wood with strings on it

You know it's easy to say you shouldn't do something and then something happens and you say, 'Wow, I wish I would have done something.

Whispering makes a narrow place narrower.

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.