I'm in the storytelling business, and so you're always drawn to the unusual. And early on, I discovered that's the easiest way to tell stories... If you come up through a newspaper as I did, your whole goal is to get a story on the front page, and you only get something on the front page if it's unusual.

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

There will be statues of Bill Gates across the Third World. There's a reasonable shot that - because of his money - we will cure malaria.

There’s this powerful phrase in the legal world, “Difficult cases make bad law.” The exception is the difficult case. You can’t generalize them by definition. So although they are fascinating, they don’t solve any problem because they’re so one of a kind.

Instead of thinking about talent as something that you acquire, talent should be thought of as something that you develop.

An aggressive drug-testing program would cut down on certain abuses, but its never going to catch everyone - or even close to everyone.

The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.