Activism that challenges the status quo, that attacks deeply rooted problems, is not for the faint of heart.
Malcolm GladwellThe face is not a secondary billboard for our internal feelings. It is an equal partner in the emotional process.
Malcolm GladwellIf you are going to do something truly innovative, you have to be someone who does not value social approval. You can't need social approval to go forward. Otherwise, how would you ever do the thing that you are doing?
Malcolm GladwellWhen I see someone who reads something of mine and draws something out of it that's very different from my perspective, I think that's actually cool. Sometimes it's worrisome when you feel they badly misinterpret it, but it just says that they're thinking, and they're bringing their own interpretation to bear on it. [...] That's part of the wonderful thing about putting words into the world, and if I was worried about that, I couldn't be a writer.
Malcolm Gladwell