Nobody ever lived in the past.

I think that a good education ought to be in part the idea that ease and joy are not synonymous. Some of the most fulfilling pleasures of life are to be found in work - found in work you love to do, work you want to do, work that makes you want to get out of bed in the morning.

Curiosity is what separates us from the cabbages. It's accelerative. The more we know, the more we want to know.

Read. Read. Read. Read. Read great books. Read poetry, history, biography. Read the novels that have stood the test of time. And read closely.

Nothing ever invented provides such sustenance, such infinite reward for time spent, as a good book.

I often think of that when I hear people say that they haven't time to read.

I feel that what I do is a calling. I would pay to do what I do if I had to. I will never live long enough to do the work I want to do: the books I would like to write, the ideas I would like to explore.