"I passionately believe that's it's not just what you say that counts, it's also how you say it - that the success of your argument critically depends on your manner of presenting it."
"We study biology, physics, movements of glaciers... Where are the classes on envy, feeling wronged, despair, bitterness..."
"Most of what makes a book 'good' is that we are reading it at the right moment for us."
"The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts."
"If one felt successful, there'd be so little incentive to be successful."
"The arrogance that says analysing the relationship between reasons and causes is more important than writing a philosophy of shyness or sadness or friendship drives me nuts. I can't accept that."