The public totally discounts low-probability high-consequence events. The individual says, it's not going to be this plane, this bus, this time.

Most Korean parents saw themselves as coaches, while American parents tended to act more like cheerleaders.

Narrative is the beginning of recovery.

Boredom is the specter that haunts children from kindergarten to graduation on every continent.

Paralysis seems to happen on the steepest slope of the survival arc—where almost all hope is lost, when escape seems impossible, and when the situation is unfamiliar to the extreme.

Fighting for peace is not the resolution but loving for peace is the solution.

A strong work ethic is a form of accountability, because it involves keeping a promise to one's employer. It is not the same thing as workaholism.

I wanted her so badly, my heart hung out of my chest like some hound-dog's tongue, pant, pant.

I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

The problem is when you write the album, you record all the instruments, you edit the whole thing and then you have to mix it. You start to get out of touch with the songs and it becomes math.

Dread remorse when you are tempted to err, Miss Eyre; remorse is the poison of life.

In my own life if I knew I was going to pass away I'd love to sit down and resolve every issue so I could go peacefully.

Religion: Together we can find the cure.

Sentences of the court on moral issues are always passed in absentia.