Be amazing. Be everywhere. Be real

The currency of blogging is authenticity and trust.

Fortunes are built during the down market and collected in the up market.

There is no luck, you work hard and study things intently. If you do that for long and hard enough you're successful.

No one remembers how you got there, only that you got there.

Excellence is everything today, and most people aren't excellent. If you're not excellent - like truly excellent at what you do - you're toast.

People's reputations are made in the bad times more than the good times.

I get a lot of emails from entrepreneurs. The best ones are short, to the point and include some question and/or the product

Blogging is great, and I read blogs all day long. However, my goal is really to have a deep, meaningful discussion with people. For some reason, I'm able to accomplish this best via email.

If you can't sell your product, it's not a product-it's a hobby.

Longevity is a big part of credibility.

Are there any religions on your list that include the slaughter of noblemen as a holy duty?

It bothers me when people have no problem paying for all they can eat but have problems investing in all they can be.

People hate the idea of politicians, you see, but love the idea of authors, at least until they meet one.

You are never in love with anyone. You're only in love with your prejudiced and hopeful idea of that person.

Satanism represents kindness to those who deserve it instead of love wasted on ingrates!

And if you find her poor, Ithaca has not deceived you. Wise as you have become, with so much experience, you must already have understood what these Ithacas mean.

I'll use the knives for spreading jam, and the gas to warm my greying love.

People who paint, including myself, get to a point where a bit of angst comes in. If you're doing it for a living, it's worth it to suffer those slings and arrows.

It's hard to see a film one time and really "get it," and write fully and intelligently about it. That's a review. That's not film criticism.

I've always thought of absurdism as a French fad I'd like to belong to.