The daily activity that contributes most to happiness is having dinner with friends. The daily activity that detracts most from happiness is commuting. Eat more. Commute less.

I'm beginning to think [Ted] Cruz had a good convention, that if [Donald] Trump goes down, Cruz is pretty well positioned to be the Republican major figure in four, six or even within two years.

The core threat to democracy is not in the White House, it's the [Bush] haters themselves.

I'm not a kicker and a screamer.

The technology's going to change, but what people want to read is going to be basically the same.

This is how life works. Deciding whom to love is not an alien form of decision-making , a romantic interlude in the midst of normal life. Instead, decisions about whom to love are more intense versions of the sorts of decisions we make throughout the course of our existence, from what kind of gelato to order to what career to pursue. Living is an inherently emotional business.

Creativity is not a solitary process. It happens within networks... when talented people get together, when idea systems and mentalities merge.