Being funny should be an incidental byproduct of trying to get to something truthful, not a destination in itself.

Cynics are - beneath it all - only idealists with awkwardly high standards.

It's clear to me that there is no good reason for many philosophy books to sound as complicated as they do.

Most of us still caged within careers chosen for us by our not entirely worldly 18-22 year old selves.

The most unbearable thing about many successful people is not - as we flatteringly think - how lazy they are, but how hard they work.

A dominant impulse on encountering beauty is to wish to hold on to it, to possess it and give it weight in one’s life. There is an urge to say, ‘I was here, I saw this and it mattered to me.

Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent & unbudgeable as those in food.