Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.

Remember teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.

Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.

Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than based on what they really think.

I don’t think anyone ever gets completely used to conflict. If it’s not a little uncomfortable, then it’s not real. The key is to keep doing it anyway

conflict is productive

Commitment is a function of two things: clarity and buy-in

Sometimes crisis triggers the genius within

Fear is no crime. But acting from fear is. Know that you're going to lose everything one day, whether you fear to lose it or not.

There's a logic today that places a greater value on celebrity the less it is accompanied by actual achievement. I don't think it's possible to touch people's imagination today by aesthetic means.

Thirst was made for water. Inquiry for truth.

Advertising was fairly simple work, and I really just wanted a job where I could sit and write every day and not get fired for it like I had at other jobs, but it was fun.

I read about writers' lives with the fascination of one slowing down to get a good look at an automobile accident.

I put my thing down, flip it, and reverse it

Man is no man, but a wolf

Time is a beast who has the immense patience to swallow everything.

When people don’t pay the true cost of something, they tend to consume it inefficiently.