When you have spent too much time with something, you may lose sight of what's marvelous about it.

My buddy Alex Blumberg learned - he was very public about his learning process, and I know for a fact because we sat next to each other for many years, that he knew nothing about venture capital or seed rounds or "A" rounds or whatever you call them, and he had to really learn, like, pitch by pitch. He just screwed pitches up.

I do think there will be winners and losers in the 21st century economy.

I think I developed a culture of healthy skepticism of claims of certainty on any side of the aisle. A sort of boldness in using economics no matter where it leads you in political circles, you know, rather than worrying about being left-wing or right-wing or biased or this or that.

It's much easier to hire really great people like that in New York and in Brooklyn in particular, than it is in Washington.

When you're writing for the New York Times someone reading it knows the topic better than you do and knows when you've messed up.

One problem with how we think about the Bible is that people tend to jam it into narrower categories, when in fact it is many things all at once.