I've always loved adventure stories that involve brilliant kids using their brains to beat systems that seem unbeatable.

Businesses should follow and learn from others successes and failures in order to better understand and predict their own.

I write nonfiction in this thriller-esque style. I have all the facts; I research it. I have thousands of pages of court documents... I try to get inside my stories.

I believe Facebook is going all the way. They're going to reach a billion members and will be the biggest company in the world. It will be a platform everyone goes on the Internet through.

There's always going to be controversy when you write the way I write.

I write about nerds who go the extra mile and become rock stars.

I certainly was a geeky kid myself, but to me, math and science were always these magical things- powerful tools you could use in incredible ways.

I see myself as an entertainer.

The idea that the story is true is more important than being able to prove that it's true.

I write because I can’t sleep.

Seeing someone reading something I wrote on an airplane - things like that are pretty awesome.

Never have I been frightened by circumstances. A little warmth, a little bread, my little ones with me, and life begins, happiness begins.

The study of music was a family interest.

As a comedian, as an entertainer, there's a lot of downtime. Once you can accept that comedy is a marathon, not a sprint, it gets a little easier.

If there's anything you could point out where I was a little different, it was the fact that I never mentioned winning.

Art is concerned with the HOW and not the WHAT.

My father was in charge of managing the farm.

Change is scary but almost all change is good.

Fox is notorious for having a very thick skin about taking shots at themselves.

Consciousness is observing your thoughts and actions so that you can live from true choice in the present moment rather than being run by programming from the past.

One's desire, not ability, determines success.