“Every game is winnable if you change your mind about what the prize should be and your perspective about the players at the table.”

“You should think about your character. Know where you are changing, how you will be changed, what cannot be changed back again.”

“Sometimes you make up your mind about something without knowing why, and your decision persists by the power of inertia. Every year it gets harder to change.”

“I changed my mind about not saying what I think. If you let people walk over you while you’re young, you should get used to wearing feet marks across your face for the rest of your life.”

“Keep your heart in the game and your eyes on the prize.”

“All you have to do [to win a Pulitzer Prize] is spend your life running from one awful place to another, write about every horrible thing you see. The civilized world reads about it, then forgets it, but pats you on the head for doing it and gives you a reward as appreciation for changing nothing.”