One of the main reasons I wrote The Sleep Revolution was to examine this ancient, essential, and mysterious phenomenon from all angles and to explore the ways we can use sleep to help regain control over our out-of-kilter lives.

You can complete a project by dropping it.

The more fearless we are in our personal lives, the more of that spirit we'll bring to changing our world.

I don't like the idea of [having] a thick skin. I think we [should] be more childlike.

Creating the culture of burnout is opposite to creating a culture of sustainable creativity. This is something that needs to be taught in business schools. This mentality needs to be introduced as a leadership and performance-enhancing tool.

It would be futile to attempt to fit women into a masculine pattern of attitudes, skills and abilities . . .

We need to accept that we won't always make the right decisions, that we'll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it's part of success.