“The best solution is to be kind and good while ignoring the opinions of others.”

“Contrary to popular opinion, manners are not a luxury good that's interesting only to those who can afford to think about them. The essence of good manners is not exclusivity, nor exclusion of any kind, but sensitivity. To practice good manners is to confer upon others not just consideration but esteem; it's to bathe others in a commodity best described by noted speller Aretha Franklin.”

“A man told me that for a woman, I was very opinionated. I said, 'for a man you're kind of ignorant'.”

“Be independent of the good opinion of other people.”

“Fiction is a solution, the best solution, to the problem of existential solitude.”

“It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.”