Amherst was pivotal in my broad intellectual development; MIT in my development as a professional economist.

Amherst is a liberal arts college, committed to providing students with a broad education.

My teachers helped guide and motivate me; but the responsibility of learning was left with me, an approach to learning which was later reinforced by my experiences at Amherst.

I went to Amherst because my brother had gone there before me, and he went there because his guidance counselor thought that we would do better there than at a large university like Harvard.

Development is about transforming the lives of people, not just transforming economies.

To look back and know that I have had a pivotal role in the development of comics is something I'm very proud of, although it's not something I think about unless someone brings it up.