We were intrigued by the fact that we had so much actual behavior among people on our dating site, OKCupid.

I'm an off-the-charts introvert. To me, being around groups of strangers is exhausting. I've had to sort of train myself to think about two tactics: finding common ground and invoking humor.

Your goal in an online dating profile and in your first message to somebody is to strike up a conversation.

We sold OkCupid to Match in January of 2011. In September of 2012, I became CEO of all of Match, which is the operating segment of IAC that contains all of the dating properties.

I get to be the nosiest friend or acquaintance that anyone has because it's - my job is to ask you about your dating life all the time.

My work involves online dating, but I believe almost every behavior exhibited online has an offline corollary. Really, the medium doesn't change human nature.

Dating is a numbers game. What we try to promise is good first dates. Once that first date happens, it's really up to you.

In dating, the question is how many Tinder knockoffs are we going to have, and are any of them going to take off?

While there may be many things in life you wish to harvest not every seed you plant will grow.

Danger is opportunity inside out.

...then he stretched himself alongside her to smoke a cigarette with all the ceremony of an opium dreamer.

It is not the jumps you made in your life but mostly the jumps you haven’t made are the real source of regrets in your life!

Roots are nice, but a tree can’t run.

I try to write about the stuff that torments us all.

Dedicated to my brother Richard with all my heart.

Actually 'bad' doesn't do justice to my handwriting. Neither does 'handwriting.' 'Desecration of paper' about covers it.

Death is not the enemy; living in constant fear of it is.

If you offer me a job sitting in a Winnebago with make-up girls and free food, I'm probably going to take it.