Change your mind about something significant every day.

All artists have to do that at a certain point. This shift that has to happen between the initial moment of creation and then the consideration of what has been created.

It's just strange to think that so much of our enjoyment from sports comes from the elevation of arbitrary differences.

A study at the University of Utah found that if you ask someone why he is friendly with someone else, he’ll say it is because he and his friend share similar attitudes. But if you actually quiz the two of them on their attitudes, you’ll find out that what they actually share is similar activities. We’re friends with the people we do things with, as much as we are with the people we resemble. We don’t seek out friends, in other words. We associate with the people who occupy the same small, physical spaces that we do.

Performance ought to improve with experience, and pressure is an obstacle that the diligent can overcome.

A book, I was taught long ago in English class, is a living and breathing document that grows richer with each new reading.

Re-reading is much underrated. I've read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold once every five years since I was 15. I only started to understand it the third time.