I like the concept of teenagers and philosophy.

I write with teenagers in mind.

Thought, like any parasite, cannot exist without a compliant host.

The successful Idea travels from mind to mind, claiming new territory, mutating as it goes.

I am less disposed to think of a West Point education as requisite for this business than I was at first. Good sense and energy are the qualities required.

My advantage as a woman and a human being has been in having a mother who believed strongly in women's education. She was an early undergraduate at Oxford, and her own mother was a doctor.

I think I can change things for the better in this country. I'm doing it now as well, in many areas, mostly in education, higher education and technological entrepreneurship. But I think I could do a lot more from a presidential position.

The deciding factor of why some entrepreneurs are successful and others fail is not limited to your DNA or your education; it is about the actions you take as the leader of your business.