There is a preppy wabi-sabi to soft, faded khakis and cotton shirts, but it's not nice to be surrounded by things that are worn out or stained or used up.

Enthusiasm is more important to mastery than innate ability.

The thing that inspires me most is reading and just observing the people around me. I think those are the two things that make me want to write.

One of the great joys of falling in love is the feeling that the most extraordinary person in the entire world has chosen you.

What you do every day matters more than what you do once in a while.

Happiness is a critical factor for work, and work is a critical factor for happiness. In one of those life-isn’t-fair results, it turns out that the happy out-perform the less happy.

I'm a creature of routine, and I hate feeling incompetent, so I avoided novelty and challenge. Making an effort to push myself in that way has brought me surprising boost.