"Jack Layton taught us to believe in a new approach to leadership."

“If you imagine that you will be able to achieve your ideal by ingeniously planning out a timetable with a pen on a piece of paper, you had better give up hope at once.If you are not prepared for discouragements and disillusions; if you will not be content with a small result for a big effort, then do not begin. Lie down again and resume the uneasy doze which you call your existence.”

“I don't believe in guilt, I believe in living on impulse as long as you never intentionally hurt another person, and don't judge people in your life. I think you should live completely free.”

“My intention is always to honor the character that Lev [Grossman] created in the books and my greatest concern, honestly, is that the fans of the books will embrace me as this character that they've imagined in their heads.”

Source : "Why Eliot on The Magicians Is the Fantasy Character We've All Been Waiting For". Interview with Kelsie Gibson, www.popsugar.com. February 9, 2016.

“I'm not starting any fights. I might finish one though.”

“Most of the problems that plague our society - addiction, overeating, crime, domestic violence, prejudice, debt, unwanted pregnancy, educational failure, underperformance at school and work, lack of savings, failure to exercise - are in some degree a failure of self-control.”

“Reality simply consists of different points of view.”

Source : Interview with Marilyn Berlin Snell, www.motherjones.com. July/August 1997.

“Self-managing is Job One. Have a vision and a mission. Surround yourself with talented people. Rely on effective coaching, not managing of employees.”

“I never fought in my life outside of a ring.”