What we tend to read in the newspaper is that this is a political conflict, ... But it has become an existential conflict about Israel's right to exist as a Jewish and democratic state.

A good manager doesn't try to eliminate conflict; he tries to keep it from wasting the energies of his people. If you're the boss and your people fight you openly when they think that you are wrong - that's healthy.

I have found that winning isn't everything, and, in fact, in the relationships I most care about, it isn't anything.

The glowing magma emerges like redhot toothpaste from a long, wide crack and then crawls into the Pacific, creating a tall, furious cloud of steam.

I just haven't been able to really create the same look with paint that I do with the pen and ink.

It sort of looks like a place with the background filled in by buildings. And a lot of people say that it has a Dr. Seuss look to them. To me, they are just whimsical looking with colorful human archetypes that you can sort of read into them.