A theory is like medicine (or government): often useless, sometimes necessary, always self-serving, and on occasion lethal. So it needs to be used with care, moderation and close adult supervision.

Missing a train is only painful if you run after it! Likewise, not matching the idea of success others expect from you is only painful if that’s what you are seeking.

You cannot do anything with knowledge unless you know where it stops, and the costs of using it.

It took us a while to discover that we do effectively think, but that we more readily narrate backward in order to give ourselves the illusion of understanding, and give a cover to our past actions.

The problem is that our ideas are sticky: once we produce a theory, we are not likely to change our minds....

Know how to rank your beliefs not according to their plausibility but by the harm they may cause.

Remember that in the end, the universe responds to our emotions, not to our words.

Anyone and anything can survive the daylight. It's night that's the hardest to live.

I'm quite a slow reader. It can take me quite a while to get though a book.

Guns have no eyes, no friends. You never know if they'll protect your life or take it.

I think any time you're at the end of a trip you're usually pretty ready to come home and start working regularly again.

You know everyone loves to be the villain.

I began writing poetry when I was about 10. Bad poetry, but you start with bad poetry.

Hope's one thing, expectation's quite another.

I'm not a snob. If I feel like there's a star that's the best person for that role, then that's who I get.

Where's the upside in opening your mouth?