Where they come from matters. They're products of particular places and environments.

If everyone has to think outside the box, maybe it is the box that needs fixing.

I'm a purist: I start to wrinkle my nose when the Cold War ends.

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.

Working really hard is what successful people do.

When we become expert in something, our tastes grow more esoteric and complex.

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning. Once it does, it becomes the kind of thing that makes you grab your wife around the waist and dance a jig.