“Nowadays, I want to be smart, but back then, I'm afraid I wanted to seem smart, too.”
“I want everybody to be smart. As smart as they can be. A world of ignorant people is too dangerous to live in.”
“I know you're smart. But everyone here is smart. Smart isn't enough. The kind of people I want on my research team are those who will help everyone feel happy to be here. ”
“I never wanted to fall in love. Only stupid girls compromised themselves that way, and I was too smart to sell myself short.”
“I'm too young, too smart and too good-looking to die.”
“It’s not that I want people to think I am smart, or even that I am a good writer. I write because I want to end my loneliness.”