Think of Slide as a giant media network for people to transmit information. The content that's in there now has been provided by users - it's whatever they want it to be.

The single most important top-level trend is the shift to mobile.

Ignore your mistakes. The number one thing to worry about is -Am I doing what I'm good at?

You can have successful teams where people hate but deeply respect each other; the opposite (love but not respect among team members) is a recipe for disaster.

Having a highly homogeneous background, education, values, preferences, etc, in the very early team is better than not - cuts down on time-wasting arguments.

The world is now awash in data and we can see consumers in a lot clearer ways.

We're all put on Earth for a limited amount of time. Am I using in a way that is great, or good enough, or wasteful?

The notion that diversity in an early team is important or good is completely wrong. You should try to make the early team as non-diverse as possible.

Being an entrepreneur is not about being in love with an idea, it's about being in love with running a company.

You can't get married to any one particular plan. That is the biggest lesson I learned at PayPal.

Facebook is so ubiquitous now that it's like another manifestation of the web itself.

Why can't a tree be called Pluplusch?

It is easy to fall, but hard to rise.

I survived my childhood by birthing many separate identities to stand in for one another in times of great stress and fear.

Science has not yet taught us if madness is or is not the sublimity of the intelligence.

The flood subsides, and the body, like a worn sea-shell emerges strange and lovely.

The desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose.

As a leader you can get sidetracked but you have to complete your mission

Making promises and keeping them is a great way to build a brand.

The reason that I'm an actor, or an artist, is ultimately because I'm trying to paint a self-portrait, and the most complete and beautiful self-portrait that you can.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.