I became convinced that knowing lots of people was kind of skill, something that the diligent can overcome.

There are moments, particularly in times of stress, when haste does not make waste, when our snap judgments and first impressions can offer a much better means of making sense of the world.

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

Acquaintances represent a source of social power, and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.

My father read Charles Dickens to us as children, and at the end of virtually every novel he would choke up and start to cry - and my father NEVER cried. It always made me love him all the more.

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.