I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone feel happy to be here.

I also think my dad would be reminding me that kids — more than anything else — need to know their parents love them. Their parents don't have to be alive for that to happen.

If I could only give three words of advice, they would be, 'Tell the truth.' If I got three more words, I'd add: 'All the time.'

I didn't know there was a dying-professor section at the bookstore.

Everyone has to contribute to the common good. To not do so can be described in one word: selfish.

We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.

I have never thought of writing as hard work, but I have worked hard to find a voice.