In fact, the only way to remain creative over time--to not be undone by our expertise--is to experiment with ignorance, to stare at things we don't fully understand.

To have a style is to be stuck.

Every creative story is different. And every creative story is the same. There was nothing. Now there is something. It's almost like magic.

there simply is no way to describe the past without lying. Our memories are not like fiction. They are fiction.

By the age of 3, children from wealthier households hear, on average, about 500,000 encouragements and 80,000 discouragements. The ratio is reversed in households on welfare.

Just because an idea is true doesn't mean it can be proved. And just because an idea can be proved doesn't mean it's true.

The one reality science cannot reduce is the only reality we will ever know.