Easily acquired. Inexpensive. Perfectly functional. Portable. Identifiable. Disposable. Eternal enough. These are my criteria for the perfect storage system. And I’ve found the answer in the simple file box.

I don't think that scheduling is uncreative. I think that structure is required for creativity.

A young person has to start making decisions for themselves at a much earlier age than an overbearing parent allows one.

Generosity is luck going in the opposite direction, away from you. If you're generous to someone, if you do something to help him out, you are in effect making him lucky. This is important. It's like inviting yourself into a community of good fortune.

I've always had to keep the walls in place, and the only way to do that is to keep yourself constantly occupied... From the time I was 8 years old, until I went to college, I worked... There was no social life.

By making the start of the sequence automatic, they replace doubt and fear with comfort and routine.

This is not a pleasant route for many young people to consider. You have to be either hopelessly passionate, or very stupid.