I'm in the storytelling business, and so you're always drawn to the unusual. And early on, I discovered that's the easiest way to tell stories... If you come up through a newspaper as I did, your whole goal is to get a story on the front page, and you only get something on the front page if it's unusual.
Malcolm GladwellThere is a simple way to package information that, under the right circumstances, can make it irresistible. All you have to do is find it.
Malcolm GladwellActivism that challenges the status quo, that attacks deeply rooted problems, is not for the faint of heart.
Malcolm GladwellIt's not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It's whether or not our work fulfills us. Being a teacher is meaningful.
Malcolm GladwellWhen I see someone who reads something of mine and draws something out of it that's very different from my perspective, I think that's actually cool. Sometimes it's worrisome when you feel they badly misinterpret it, but it just says that they're thinking, and they're bringing their own interpretation to bear on it. [...] That's part of the wonderful thing about putting words into the world, and if I was worried about that, I couldn't be a writer.
Malcolm Gladwell