Customer research produces bland products. We're producing a piece of art.

Best startups generally come from somebody needing to scratch an itch.

A business model that hasn't been tried before is always interesting, even if it's likely to fail.

We live in a world where you're not being eaten by a lion when you fail, you just have to get another job.

I believe the term "blog" means more than an online journal. I believe a blog is a conversation. People go to blogs to read AND write, not just consume.

Write good content about stuff that you love. Readers will find you.

Friendships and marriage are far more potent than financial conflicts.

Startups Are Hard. So Work More, Cry Less, And Quit All The Whining

Just pick a political story at random and read the comments. There is no logic or reason on either side - only hypocrisy and hate.

I always try to find the truth in a situation. That unvarnished, pure nugget of truth at the core of every issue that I write about.

Journalists hold themselves apart, and above, the common person. They have rules designed to ensure their objectivity and impartiality.

Ignorance, fear, hate: these are our enemies. Deny them with all your might. -Oromis

Do not judge a man by where he stands, but how he reached there.

The biggest difference between Kennedy and Nixon, as far as the press is concerned, is simply this: Jack Kennedy really liked newspaper people and he really enjoyed sparring with journalists.

I wasn't terribly aware of Catwoman. She was a DC comics character and as a kid, I wasn't terribly fond of the DC comics characters. I was a Marvel boy.

Anyone that says the housing crisis can be resolved with one magic bullet or by the next election isn't being honest.

We are in a race between knowledge and catastrophe. If we keep track of what is important, never lower our standards or forget why we are here, we have the ability to determine the fate of the world.

As the writer of this book [Lincoln in the Bardo], what I loved was the feeling of having so many surprises come at the end that I hadn't really planned or planted.

In too many churches today, people don't see manifestations of God's power in answer to fervent praying. Instead, they hear arguments about theological issues that few people care about.

I asked the waiter, 'Is this milk fresh?' He said, 'Lady, three hours ago it was grass.'

Officially there are no fates worse than death. Unofficially, there is a profusion of such fates. For some people, just living with the thought that they will die is a fate worse than death itself.