"Success is great, but success with humility is even better."

The trouble with most people is that they think with their hopes or fears or wishes rather than with their minds.

The lesson of quantum mechanics is that we must revise our classical notions of reality.

A well-educated black has a tremendous advantage over a well-educated white in terms of the job market. I think sometimes a black may think they don't have an advantage or this and that... I've said on one occasion, even about myself, if I were starting off today, I would love to be a well-educated black, because I believe they do have an actual advantage.

"I think children are naturally curious and open to new ideas, and that's something I try to capture in my books."