...what draws us into a story and keeps us there is the firing of our dopamine neurons, signaling that intriguing information is on the way.

Before there were books, we read each other.

Stories not only give us a much needed practice on figuring out what makes people tick, they give us insight into how we tick.

MYTH: Beautiful Writing Trumps AllREALITY: Storytelling Trumps Beautiful Writing, Every Time

If I ask you to think about something, you can decide not to. But if I make you feel something? Now I have your attention.

all appears to change when we change

Forgiveness is a gift we can only give to ourselves.

The heart of France lies between Brussels and Paris.

In the land of the skunk the man with half a nose is king!

The people of Afghanistan will continue to remember his lasting friendship with the people of Afghanistan as well as his unstinting support during the years of jihad against the Soviets.

What you haven't done by thirty you're not likely to do. What you have done you'll do lots more.

No behavior can be changed before it's acknowledged. And no addiction is beyond the reach of Love.

I do not use the language of my people. I can take liberties with certain themes which the Arabic language would not allow me to take.

Government can contribute to a shared sense of purpose on the part of the citizenry; that's its highest and best application.

It's hard to explain but I have a need to play intensely every day, to fight every match hard. And this desire never to stop fighting is something else I learnt in the place where I grew up.