It is part of the work of education to have substantive relationships with your students.

I guarantee the people who study are going to be successful. Nothing can replace hard work.

I wanted to find ways for colleges and universities to become involved with public schools to help young people prepare for college.

Mann There are two kinds of people: those who GIVE energy and those who DRAIN energy.

It is exciting to work with students thinking about issues of the day, from closing the achievement gap to finding a cure for cancer.

Rich kids work hard. Most black kids aren't working hard enough.

There is something exciting about being in an environment in which it's really cool to be smart.

I began to understand the challenges that first-generation college students and students of color have in college.

When you give of yourself, it's draining.

In life sciences, we find a reasonable balance between men and women. In engineering and computer science, we have a major problem. A very small percentage of women will be in computer science.

Most people don't realize that it's not just minorities who don't do well in science and engineering - quite frankly, you're talking about Americans.

Why is it that drama always starts late? Whereas comedy always seems to have started already.

When you actually make a new friend, and you make music and laugh really hard together, that can give you a lot of confidence and nourishment and encouragement.

To get strangers to hate you even faster, crank up the volume on that very interesting ringtone of yours.

You can't do psychological thrillers. There's no audience. I've heard this. I've heard this from studios.

I learned how difficult it is to self-publish a book. It's complex, it's confusing, it's idiosyncratic.

Life's too short to be sat at home writing all the time.

Stay focused on what is beautiful and abundant even as illness carves more and more of what you love away

Instant gratification in photography is not something that I need or desire. I find that the long, slow journey to the final print captivates me far more.

I've always lived in the same way.

I would say that life at 84, I am having as much fun as I've ever had in my life. I mean I get to do what I love every day with the people I love-and it just doesn't get any better than that.