I myself used to believe ideas didn't matter that much, but I'm very sure that's wrong now.

No matter what you choose, build stuff and be around smart people.

You can create value with breakthrough innovation, incremental refinement, or complex coordination. Great companies often do two of these. The very best companies do all three.

Founders are usually very stingy with equity to employees and very generous with equity to investors. I think this is totally backwards.

Obsess about the quality of the product.

In general don't start a startup you're not willing to work on for ten years.

Everyone starting a startup for the first time is scared, and everyone feels like a bit of an imposter.

No growth hack, brilliant marketing idea, or sales team can save you long term if you don't have a sufficiently good product.

You have to be decisive. Indecisiveness is a startup killer.

Execution gets divided into two key questions: 1) can you figure out what to do and 2) can you get it done.

If you don't need it yourself, and you're building something that someone else needs, realize you're at a big disadvantage.

You and I are but specks of that rhythmic urge which is Brahma, which is Allah, which is God.

Vampires always order hot drinks. They aren't going to drink them; but they can feel the warmth and smell them if they're hot, and that is so good.

I have a feeling you're right, Sherwin.' 'Simon. My name is Simon.

Anime is not the end. Don't stop believing.

'Life is a journey, Frannie darling,' Feagan had once told me. "Choose well those with whom you travel." As always, I've followed Feagan's counsel.

Record companies are not necessarily interested in you realizing your artistic dream. The bottom line is that they got to sell records.

I have always voted for who I believed was the best person.

The NAACP should have riot rehearsals.

The more we chase away the false mysteries - those things we think we know about ourselves and others - the more mysterious our existence becomes.

Nobody has time to write a book. Some people just do it anyhow.