I don't have a readership, I have a thinkership. I guess this is why what I do is called "conceptual writing." The idea is much more important than the product.

An updated notion of genius would have to center around one's mastery of information and its dissemination.

Automation and technology don't cure behavioral ruts: they just create new instances of them.

If you work on something a little bit every day, you end up with something that is massive.

It's not plagiarism in the digital age -- it's repurposing.

You can't show me a sentence, word, or phoneme that is meaningless; by its nature, language is packed with meaning and emotion.

Conceptual writing is looking for that "Aha!" moment, when something so simple, right under our noses, is revealed as being awe- inspiring, profound, and transcendent.

Language is material to shape and mold, not only a transparent or invisible medium for communication, business contracts, or telling stories.

I think that the richer and deeper documentation is on the web, the better off we all are.

I never wanted my books to be mistaken for poetry or fiction books; I wanted to write reference books. But instead of referring to something, they refer to nothing.

I've been trolled lots on Twitter. But I understand trolls for what they are and I don't let them get to me. They take my bait, so I'm in charge of the discourse.

If we require some kind of sign, or "proof, " for our belief in God, then we believe, or place our tust, not in God but in the sign or proof.

His suppressed grief becomes anger. But what can he do with anger? It must also be suppressed.

What is most contrary to salvation is not sin but habit.

In the end it doesn't matter what you do.

The study of evolution is an evolution in itself.

Special effects movies have taken over the universe. That and scary movies.

When we honestly ask God the 'why' question, He doesn't give us answers as much as He gives us Himself.

I don't think I've ever been a huge target for the press, and I value that to a degree, because there's a certain value for actors staying beneath the radar so they can play characters.

By creating explicit occasions to invite dissenting viewpoints on a new project, strategy or policy, leaders enable employees to feel that their questions are welcomed and appreciated.

The mobile middle class gravitates to the cities where housing is affordable.