Stories are one of the most powerful ways in which we communicate ideas among ourselves. They are the stuff that brings us together, the things we celebrate, the things we share with one another.

A man should not glory in what he already knows but in what he has yet to learn.

Your worth is what you allow it to be.

Among the world's evils—fascism, ethnic cleansing, environmental degradation— smoking deserves the most severe curricular attention in my kid's school.

In America I think we need to move towards a social democracy, European-style basically, and I think that in Britain we do as well.

I think for a lot of so-called post-colonial peoples, there's a feeling of not being quite legitimate, of not being pure enough.

You about to play an opponent who is either bigger, stronger, faster or more experienced than you. Is there any hope at all? Absolutely, because one factor is in your favor: You are the Underdog!

I am convinced that climate change represents a historic opportunity on an even greater scale.

Writing can come naturally to some. Still, when it comes to good writing, this is true: Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Como se reparten el sol en el naranjo las naranjas? How do the oranges divide up sunlight in the orange tree?

It should look as if it has always been like that, as if Nature had made it that way. That's good design.

A fool cannot be an actor, though an actor may act a fool's part.