Come right out and say you want it: “It’s been great hearing you talk about the position. I’d love to work here, and I think I could do a terrific job for you.

Smile at people, pop your head into your boss’s office regularly and say hello, and come to your first meeting with something really smart to say.

During your job search, you must also be networking as much as possible, attending events, talks, lectures, and conferences where you’ll meet people you can add to your contact list.

You can’t get caught up in worrying about whether everyone you work with likes you. Ultimately you want the respect of your coworkers, but you don’t need them to be your buddies.

Smile, look invested, and when you hand in certain projects, say you enjoyed working on them.

You should also have a bio that plays up your brand—this will be used for any kind of press or speaking engagement. Make it jazzy and exciting, and don’t be afraid of language that really touts you.

A diligent ant is more useful than a lazy cow.

To design something really new and innovative you have to reject reason.

American Idol, I love. I think it's a passing fancy but not passing so soon.

Sleep always eluded the pursuer.

Life is a force in its own right. It is a new element. And it has altered the Earth. It covers Earth like a skin.

Busy idleness urges us on. [Lat., Strenua nos exercet inertia.]

The wise man knows he doesn't know.

Someone to tell it to is one of the fundamental needs of human beings.

Schizophrenia is the name for a condition that most psychiatrists ascribe to patients they call schizophrenic.

Sometimes the ideas that mean the most to you will feel true long before you can quite formulate them or justify them.