Sometimes the most modest changes can bring about enormous effects.

It's not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It's whether or not our work fulfills us. Being a teacher is meaningful.

I have a new way of doing things, and I don’t care if you think I’m crazy.

As a writer, I know that - you write a first draft and then put it in a drawer. The longer I can put it in a drawer, the better off I am. So I structure my writing so that things can sit.

Courage is what you earn when you've been through the tough times and you discover they aren't so tough after all.

Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.

You don't start at the top if you want to find the story. You start in the middle, because it's the people in the middle who do the actual work in the world.