People can't do much about the fate part, but we can certainly do a lot about the man part.

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

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

If you think success is about so many more things and is so much more arbitrary, then you can be much more open to the idea that you can be Ben Fountain and publish your great book at forty-nine.

I don't like things that aren't true.

It takes ten thousand hours to truly master anything. Time spent leads to experience; experience leads to proficiency; and the more proficient you are the more valuable you'll be.

The face is not a secondary billboard for our internal feelings. It is an equal partner in the emotional process.