A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.

So long as the stereotype is used as a way of understanding how to fix the problem as opposed to demonizing a people or writing them off, then I think it's OK.

Lesson Number One: The Importance of Being Jewish

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

I'm in the storytelling business, and so you're always drawn to the unusual. And early on, I discovered that's the easiest way to tell stories... If you come up through a newspaper as I did, your whole goal is to get a story on the front page, and you only get something on the front page if it's unusual.

Activism that challenges the status quo, that attacks deeply rooted problems, is not for the faint of heart.

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.