I have a vivid memory of what happened， and it was not what I expected. I expected to be applauded for my cleverness and arithmetic skills. "Jeff， you're so smart. You had to have made some tricky estimates， figure out the number of minutes in a year and do some division." That's not what happened. Instead， my grandmother burst into tears. I sat in the backseat and did not know what to do. While my grandmother sat crying， my grandfather， who had been driving in silence， pulled over onto the shoulder of the highway. He got out of the car and came around and opened my door and waited for me to follow. Was I in trouble？ My grandfather was a highly intelligent， quiet man. He had never said a harsh word to me， and maybe this was to be the first time？ Or maybe he would ask that I get back in the car and apologize to my grandmother. I had no experience in this realm with my grandparents and no way to gauge what the consequences might be. We stopped beside the trailer. My grandfather looked at me， and after a bit of silence， he gently and calmly said， "Jeff， one day you'll understand that it's harder to be kind than clever."

I'm a material girl living in a material world.

通过文学，我们可以理解一个民族的灵魂。

Our responsibility isn't just to produce food, but to nourish communities while honoring the resources that make it possible.

领导力是关于让他人因为你的存在而变得更好，并确保这种影响在你不在时依然持续。

我经常被问及我的剧本是如何产生的。我说不上来。我也无法总结它们。我只能说这就是发生的事情。这就是他们说的。这就是他们做的。