"An idea meritocracy is a system that brings together smart people and smart concepts."

"You can't go back and change the beginning, but you can start where you are and change the ending."

"You can make anything by writing."

"You don't have a soul. You are a Soul. You have a body."

"You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me."

"I was with book, as a woman is with child"