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.

Success is a function of persistence and doggedness and the willingness to work hard for twenty-two minutes to make sense of something that most people would give up on after thirty seconds.

We sometimes think of being good at mathematics as an innate ability. You either have "it" or you don't. But to Schoenfeld, it's not so much ability as attitude. You master mathematics if you are willing to try.

A radical and transformative thought goes nowhere without the willingness to challenge convention.

One of the things I think the police have to do is to stop behaving like armies.

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.

It is those who are successful, in other words, who are most likely to be given the kinds of special opportunities that lead to further success.