I don't want to be normal. I want to be something else.

Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible.

Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no one else is talking to.

Long-term goals are dangerous. They limit you. They hinder you from reacting to new conditions.

The internet tends to make smart people smarter and dumb people dumber.

I'm just the smallest dot in a big map of human history.

Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion.

It got a little stressful in my first two years of high school, trying to make conference calls with investors in between classes, but I definitely learned a lot of important time-management lessons.

I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.

If you really understand something, you can: 1) explain it using a clear metaphor and 2) explain the strongest counter-argument to the idea.

Sometimes Plan B can have the same desired outcome, but a different path for getting there.

We didn't come to the world just to entertain, we came to play remarkable roles, and our reward is to see you doing more than us.

She will prolong her life by the length of her story, even though time will wear on inexorably as she tells it, thus depriving her of the chance to have a new experience.

People aren't born strong. people grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations learning not to run from them.

I woke up, a bag of bones. Literally. They had gathered up my bones and put them in a bag and thrown the bag into a river.

Apart from anything else, I find boots are too hot except in wintry weather. At home I usually wear a sweater, shirt and slacks.

Let joy be unconfined.

The characters Im most emotionally involved with are like friends you leave behind when you move away. You dont see them regularly anymore, but you still love them and keep in touch.

There are three things, to my account, that I need each day. One of them is something to look up to, another is something to look forward to, and another is someone to chase.

I'm crazy and I don't pretend to be anything else.

You shouldn't overestimate the power of a single judge.