I didn't even like white wine. Then I tasted it and bought a case. It was the first case of any wine I'd ever bought.

Get good at being a troublemaker and saying sorry when you really screw up

Don’t follow a model that doesn't work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are.

Changing the world doesn't require much money. Again, think in terms of empowerment and not charity. How much were Gandhi's teachers paid? How much did it cost to give Dr. Martin Luther King the books that catalyzed his mind and actions?

I do my best writing between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.. Almost every friend I have who is a consistently productive writer, does their best writing between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. My quota is two crappy pages per day. I keep it really low so I'm not so intimidated that I never get started. I will do the gathering of interviews and research throughout the day. I'll get all my notes and materials together and then I'll do the synthesis between 10 p.m. to bed, which is usually 4 or 5 a.m.

Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.

The first thing I would do for anyone who's trying to lose body fat, for instance, would be to remove foods from the house that he or she would consume during lapses of self-control.