I would say first of all, anyone who wants to challenge the status quo always gets that response. Ninety percent of the time, that's just bull. That's just the way in which people choose to prop up their own privilege or their own particular position. So mostly I shrug it off.

Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise.

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

Track is full of the absolute nicest and most polite athletes in all of sports, and where does it get us?

What interests me about fiction is plot. And what interests me about plot is whether someone tells a story that moves me within the constraints of storytelling. And I have narrowly defined storytelling.

The key to good decision making is not knowledge... It's whether our work fulfills us.

Through embracing the diversity of humans beings, we will find a sure way to true happiness.