The less you know, the more you believe.

Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.

Because you know when you first become famous, you start walking a little different because people are staring at you.

The most powerful idea that's entered the world in the last few thousand years - the idea of grace - is the reason I would like to be a Christian.

What turns me on about the digital age, what excited me personally, is that you have closed the gap between dreaming and doing. You see, it used to be that if you wanted to make a record of a song, you needed a studio and a producer. Now, you need a laptop.

My heroes are the ones who survived doing it wrong, who made mistakes, but recovered from them.

Sadly, I do my homework. I've a soft spot for the boring minutiae. I read the Charter of the United Nations before meeting with Kofi Annan. I read the Meltzer report, and then I'll read C. Fred Bergsten's defense of institutions like the World Bank and the I.M.F. It's embarrassing to admit.