We are creating an exclusive growth environment that benefits some people but not the poor. While there is some multiplier read more

We are creating an exclusive growth environment that benefits some people but not the poor. While there is some multiplier effect, the pace is still slow.

It's a leap of faith. The agreement is under 10 pages long and we could have signed 100 pages, but read more

It's a leap of faith. The agreement is under 10 pages long and we could have signed 100 pages, but what counts is not words but deeds.

The confidence of ignorance will always overcome indecision of knowledge.

The confidence of ignorance will always overcome indecision of knowledge.

We're senior-loaded, and we have a ton of experience.

We're senior-loaded, and we have a ton of experience.

I couldn't believe it, ... I started on a Monday and turned in the outline on a Friday. On the read more

I couldn't believe it, ... I started on a Monday and turned in the outline on a Friday. On the Saturday they called and said, 'OK, we're making it.'

Merritt and Ashley really got us going in the second half.

Merritt and Ashley really got us going in the second half.

As an editor, I've always known that memoirs are selective truth. I don't know that I've ever known anybody who read more

As an editor, I've always known that memoirs are selective truth. I don't know that I've ever known anybody who created things, made them up, so much as I know that people edit their memories. We all do this.

They were so proud of their actions that they showed off their blood-splattered shoes they were wearing and treated his read more

They were so proud of their actions that they showed off their blood-splattered shoes they were wearing and treated his broken lifeless body as their trophy, parading friends through the woods to look at it. They listened as he cried out for help and begged him to stop.

They have this fantastic nugget of historical material from the Gilded Age. It's a wonderful, small overview of American painting read more

They have this fantastic nugget of historical material from the Gilded Age. It's a wonderful, small overview of American painting from about 1870 to 1915.