Great CEOs are not just born with shiny hair and a tie.

My own theory is that we are in the middle of a dramatic and broad technological and economic shift in which software companies are poised to take over large swathes of the economy

In the startup world, you're either a genius or an idiot. You're never just an ordinary guy trying to get through the day

In short, software is eating the world

My goal is not to fail fast. My goal is to succeed over the long run. They are not the same thing.

All's fair in love, war and ride-sharing.

Innovation accelerates and compounds. Each point in front of you is bigger than anything that ever happened.

Over the next 10 years, I expect many more industries to be disrupted by software, with new world-beating Silicon Valley companies doing the disruption in more cases than not.

Health care and education, in my view, are next up for fundamental software-based transformation.

A lot of things you want to do as part of daily life can now be done over the Internet.

People who tell computers what to do, and people who are told by computers what to do.

Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time.

Ron: [mimicking Hermione] "It's Levi-OOOOH-sa not LevioSAR." She's a nightmare, honestly. It's no wonder she hasn't got any friends!

Every single day I'll keep you with me, no matter how far from me you are.

My grandmother simply shook her head and said, "You know what you saw. The bird doesn't need to be counted, and neither do you.

I love the Discovery Channel. I love all sorts of medical shows. I love a show called 'Diagnosis: Unknown.'

We knew that, in doing something that's based around the world of the movie and how popular that is, we really wanted to do the biggest show that we've ever done, in terms of the look of the show.

Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences, and failing to achieve anything useful.

I’ll have you know that the most delicate flowers often produce the strongest scent when crushed.

I think anything we do - eating, walking down the street, online shopping - gives you another perspective on writing stories.

Without passion, there is no genius.