“It is the storyteller's task to elicit sympathy and a measure of understanding for those who lie outside the boundaries of State approval.”

“There are kinds of action, for good or ill, that lie so far outside the boundaries of normal behavior that they force us, in acknowledging that they have occurred, to restructure our own understanding of reality. We have to make room for them.”

“The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.”

“The world is divided into those who understand me and those who don’t. In the case of the latter, I simply leave them to torment themselves trying to gain my sympathy.”

“Approval is overrated. Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it.”

“Approval is overrated...Approval and disapproval alike satisfy those who deliver it more than those who receive it. I don't care for approval, and I don't mind doing without.”