I don't accept what people say. I took something to be copied recently, to be enlarged and blown up, and they said it couldn't be done, and I went somewhere five minutes away, and they did it.

When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'

I would rather people take me as straightforward and not have to wonder if I'm kidding or not. Because what I have to say, and what I'm interested in doing and communicating, is worthwhile enough that I don't want to muck it up with people being confused about where I'm really coming from.

I want people to be blown away when I do what they don't expect.

People say I'm shrill and strident.

Academics act like they are important, but when something is academic it is meaningless. People say, 'It's academic, now let's get work done.'