“Success is like reaching for heaven; you have to work to get there”

“A good friend of mine once told me that you have to work hard to get something. I didn't listen to her and look at where I am now”

“…to descend from bright heaven to earth, whereon there are shadows because there are hills…”

“And he felt dubious and discontented suddenly, and wondered whether he was really and truly successful as a human being.”

“While I don't think sociopaths have any sort of moral urge to do good things, I think they can and do act morally in the context of pursuing their own advantage. A good analogy would be a corporation. There are a lot of corporations that do things that you like, maybe even good things, like produce vaccines or electric cars, although the primary motivation is to make a profit. But just because you are trying to make a profit doesn't mean you can't do it by doing things you like, or that you are good at, or that comport with the way you see the world, or want the world to see you.”

“I don't intend him, or any man or any woman, to be all my life - good heavens, no! There are heaps of things in me that he doesn't, and shall never, understand.”

“It's better to talk to yourself than ignore yourself”