Happiness, in one sense, is a function of how closely our world conforms to the infinite variety of human preference.

Television allows the audience to argue with the creator in a way you don't in a movie.

I don't want to be like the angry old guy in the corner who is always ranting and raving about the same things - but I don't mind doing that just a little bit!

Policy is driven by more than politics, however. It is equally driven by ideas.

When it's easy to make money, you have no incentive to think about development of talent.

When people reflexively write checks to institutions that have billions of dollars in the bank, they are essentially committing a moral crime. Your money could do good in this world and you're choosing instead to waste it. People have to do a better job of that. You've got to find places where your money's going to do some good and direct your dollars towards that institution.

The people at the top don't work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.