"E.B. White's essays are the best things I've read about Maine - especially the one in which he's not sure if he can go out sailing any more in his sloop."

"Great leaders cultivate leaders, not merely followers."

"First, if you love the Kindle and it works for you, it isn't problematic, and you should ignore all my criticisms and read the way you want to read."

"An hour spent in deep contemplation is worth a year of unguided wandering. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds."

"If this world is going to be a better place for our grandchildren and great-grandchildren, it will be women who make it so."

"I'm lucky to have worked in theater all over the world, but there's something magical about Broadway. The audiences are smart, they're educated. They go in ready and they're up for it, they're up for the party. It's a whole different atmosphere."

"Suffering is the positive element in this world, indeed it is the only link between this world and the positive."

"There never were in the world two opinions alike, no more than two hairs or two grains; the most universal quality is diversity."