Most artists want first and foremost to be loved, secondly to make history, and money is a distant third or fourth.

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.

Though we faced many trails, we do not lose hope. We are living by faith.

Copywriting is a design muse, it carves a beautiful masterpiece in an imaginative way.

Look forward. Every regret, every mournful thought, takes so much out of your life.

People get intimidated because they think I have everything, but it's just not true.

I hope to incorporate more variety of beats, more syncopation. It becomes very easy to play straight beats; straight rock is alluring.

I'm really just a regular guy who has had an incredibly blessed life.

This idea of repetition and revision is central to my working process-this idea of stacking and layering and building up densities and recoveries.

If you train hard, you'll not only be hard, you'll be hard to beat.

How could you beat an enemy you couldn't see?

I love the beginnings of artists when all they've got is raw talent and nothing else.