"I think sometimes - do not we all? - that perhaps the present year is my last year and that all my busyness is foolish."

“There never was a war that was not inward; I must fight till I have conquered in myself what causes war.”

Source : Marianne Moore (1994). “Complete Poems”, p.138, Penguin

“Without a doubt my mother was an inspiration for my writing. This is true in many ways, but mostly because she is a wonderful storyteller, without even knowing it.”

“The idea is more important than the object.”

“Japanese train signs, station signs, are really representative of the Japanese mind to me, because it always has the station where you are, the station you were previously at, and the station that is the next station. When I came to New York, I was very confused. It just doesn't say where I was and where I was going. But I realized after a while probably most people don't need to know what station you were previously at. But I think it's just some weird Japanese mentality that we need to know, we need to connect the plot.”

“I'd love to be a dad. I hope I'd be great at it. That's every man's fear, yet his most important job.”

“Tracking account planning is rather like counting a mixed batch of tropical fish. You think you see patterns, but they've all changed by the time you've finished counting.”

“What I mean is, like you to have everything you want. Wished it was me, that's all”

“I learned not to confuse 'busy' with 'productive,' but I'm still far too addicted to email to resist its early-morning digital snuggles.”

Source : "Diary of a self-help dropout: flirting with the 4-hour workweek" by Chris Hardwick, www.wired.com. December 22, 2008.