The act of writing is an act of optimism.

The study of mathematics is like air or gravity—it is everywhere, and you can't see it, but you know it's there.

I believe that art has the power to change the world, one story at a time.

One of the greatest ways to avoid trouble is to keep it simple...the system often goes out of control.

The Eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love.

The pace of change demands agility—both in thought and action.