We don't know where our first impressions come from or precisely what they mean, so we don't always appreciate their fragility.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper, and re-imagines the world.

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.

The successful are those who have been given opportunities.

An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone.

There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.

Outlier are those who have been given opportunities-- -and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

If we are to learn to improve the quality of the decisions we make, we need to accept the mysterious nature of our snap judgments.

A radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention.

It doesn't matter if you feel sexy if you don't look sexy.

I expected to go into journalism or law.

Coming, going, the waterbirds, don't leave a trace, don't follow a path.

When I was 15 or 16 - I slept really well then. Now I sleep on a bed of anxiety-tipped nails.

All great works of art are trophies of victorious struggle.

I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.

My faith is not identified by my title. My faith is identified by how I live. Wearing the uniform is not the same as playing the game.

Ann Taylor - great name, great real estate, shitty business. Gap -great name, great real estate, declining business. J.Crew - Hellooo? Great name, better fashion image than the Gap.

I found it an interesting portrait of a marriage in exploring notions of how one partner supports the other, whilst not jeopardizing the greater good - which is the family.

Acting is an escape from the boring person that I am in real life.