Now I basically just read spy stories because they're about solving a puzzle within the constraints of history. It's the tick tock, the clockwork that I'm interested in.

Science fiction annoyed me because it was like, "Why is the world as it is not enough for you?"

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

Basketball is an intricate, high-speed game filled with split-second, spontaneous decisions. But that spontaneity is possible only when everyone first engages in hours of highly repetitive and structured practice--perfecting their shooting, dribbling, and passing and running plays over and over again--and agrees to play a carefully defined role on the court. This is the critical lesson of improve, too, and it is also a key to understanding a puzzle of Millennium Challenge: spontaneity isn't random.

Lesson Number One: The Importance of Being Jewish

Without the New York Times, there is no blog community. They'd have nothing to blog about.

Visionaries are limited by their visions.