Stories are the single most powerful tool in a leader's toolkit.

Intelligence is the ability to find and solve problems and create products of value in one's own culture.

In order for me to 'endorse' an intelligence, I need to carry out lots of research.

Emile Zola was a poor student at his school at Aix. We are all so different largely because we all have different combinations of intelligences. If we recognize this, I think we will have at least a better chance of dealing appropriately with many problems that we face in the world.

The wonderful thing about the theater is that it can emphasize BOTH our diversity AND our common humanity. In many ways, the world of Shakespeare (or Aeschylus or Racine) is totally different from our world; and yet any human being can look through the differences in dress and mores and discover our common problems, passions, and potentials.

Being creative means first of all doing something unusual... On the other hand, however unusual it may be, the idea also has to be reasonable for people to take it seriously.

No academic ever expects to be taken seriously by more than three other people, because really, we write for three people in our field.