Conventional wisdom tells us we'll only be happier after a divorce if the marriage itself was a war zone.

A lot of positive psychology is stuck in being the psychology of privilege, and I reject that.

When we strike a balance between the challenge of an activity and our skill at performing it, when the rhythm of the work itself feels in sync with our pulse, when we know that what we're doing matters, we can get totally absorbed in our task. That is happiness.

I always do like seeing other people dance in their cars. It's one of the things that makes me happy.

They say change gets more difficult as we get older - each year we're more stuck in our ways, more reluctant to learn something new.

The last introvert in a world of extroverts. Silence: my response to both emptiness and saturation. But silence frightens people. I had to learn how to talk. Out of politeness.

When I was a kid, my mother's parenting style teetered between benign neglect and intense bouts of violence.