It is an awful lot harder, Tony told me, to convince people you're sane than it is to convince them you're crazy.

Corporate and political and religious psychopaths ruin economies. They ruin societies.

Friends are the fruitcake of life - some nutty, some soaked in alcohol, some sweet.

I wondered if sometimes the difference between a psychopath in Broadmoor and a psychopath on Wall Street was the luck of being born into a stable, rich family.

In the midst of a burning-hot shaming, calling for patience and context and understanding and empathy can really land you in trouble.

The snowflake never needs to feel responsible for the avalanche.

‎I have panicked unnecessarily in all four corners of the globe.

It's not a good idea to define the boundaries of normality by tearing apart people who are outside of it.

We were creating a world where the smartest way to survive is to be bland.

I'm not what you'd call a fearless type of person.

At first, I did stories on people who were maybe just eccentric. Omar was a natural progression from that.

Sometimesyou meet people and know immediatelythat they were meant to be your friend.

the unexpected action of deep listening can create a space of transformation capable of shattering complacency and despair.

Happiness to some is elation to others it is mere stagnation.

When I sit down to make music, I try to enter a flow; I always open a blank session and just make something that I feel like making.

A man's strength is ultimately born of his knowledge of his own weakness.

Music, when soft voices die, Vibrates in the memory; Odors, when sweet violets sicken, Live within the sense they quicken.

Once you have known the generosity of existence you will never feel miserable.

On Linden, when the sun was low, All bloodless lay the untrodden snow, And dark as winter was the flow Of Iser, rolling rapidly.

Experience and enthusiasm are two fine business attributes seldom found in one individual.

Alas, you don't need monsters for monstrous deeds to be accomplished.