There is a simple way to package information that, under the right circumstances, can make it irresistible. All you have to do is find it.

...mediocre people find their way into positions of authority...because when it comes to even the most important positions, our selection decisions are a good deal less rational than we think.

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

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 changes how people read you if you believe in God. It gives insight into your motivation, how you look at problems and how you deal with people.

When writing, you can't break physical rules. You can't have people come back from the dead. That's cheating. I am a kind of narrative fundamentalist in many ways.

If people disobey, don't ask what is wrong with them, ask what's wrong with their leaders.