The challenge is not just to give people money but to understand how they make decisions under constraints.

I'm not a businessman. I'm a designer and an engineer.

"Escribir es una forma de terapia. A veces me pregunto cómo se las arreglan los que no escriben, los que no componen música o pintan, para escapar de la locura, de la melancolía, del terror pánico inherente a la condición humana."

The chief beauty about time is that you cannot waste it in advance. The next year, the next day, the next hour are lying ready for you, as perfect, as unspoiled, as if you had never wasted or misapplied a single moment in all your life. You can turn over a new leaf every hour if you choose.