“Be kind. It's worthwhile to make an effort to learn about other people and figure out what you might have in common with them.”

“Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.”

“Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer.”

“Once you figure out who you are and what you love about yourself, I think it all kind of falls into place.”

“What other people label or might try to call failure, I have learned is just God's way of pointing you in a new direction.”

“People that make up stuff and call it truth have the power to imagine all kinds of nonsense. But that’s what it is all about. It really is make believe, and it took me the longest time to figure that out. I thought, honestly, naively, even into middle age. I was in my 30s before I realised there were some people who do not believe what they do for a reason.”

“[Institutional entrepreneurs must] size up the condition of the organizational field and figure out what kinds of action make sense.”

“Mingling with people, hurting them, getting hurt by them…that's how you learn about others…and about yourself. If you don't you'll never be able to care about anyone but yourself.”

“Embrace every challenge you have, every person you meet, every place you visit, every task you succeed at, and especially those at which you fail. You will learn from them all. You'll learn about the world at large and about other people but most important, you'll learn about yourself.”

“Worry less about what other people think about you, and more about what you think about them.”