Friends congratulate me after a quarterly-earnings announcement and say, 'Good job, great quarter.' And I'll say, 'Thank you, but that quarter was baked three years ago.'

Safety is our top priority in all operations.

Mental life is a continuous adjustment to circumstances.

The novel is a form of exploration, a way of mapping the unknown territories of the human heart.

I always wanted to be a singer, and I focused on that goal, even when others told me I couldn't do it.