“Growing up, I slowly had this process of realizing that all the things around me that people had told me were just the natural way things were, the way things always would be, they werent natural a...”

“Creativity comes from applying things you learn in other fields to the field you work in.”

“I think deeply about things and want others to do likewise. I work for ideas and learn from people. I dont like excluding people. Im a perfectionist, but I wont let that get in the way of publicati...”

“Be curious. Read widely. Try new things. What people call intelligence just boils down to curiosity.”

“Think deeply about things. Dont just go along because thats the way things are or thats what your friends say. Consider the effects, consider the alternatives, but most importantly, just think.”

“Before I went to college I read two books. I read a book Moral Mazes by Robert Jackall which is a study of how corporations work, and its actually a fascinating book, this sociologist, he just pick...”

“You can start with nothing and still succeed. However, if you don't start you will never succeed.”

“I think, in storytelling, people want to see triumph, and so it's usually nice to start with failure and see someone somehow rise above it. People like to see people try. And they like to see peopl...”

“The starkest rejection letter might be followed by a million-dollar advance. Don't let rejection start to look the same as failure.”

“I possess the faculty of enjoying the company of those I - of my friends as well in silence as in conversation.”

“Because thou writest me often, I thank thee ... Never do I receive a letter from thee, but immediately we are together.”

“You can't be a good manager if you are doing everything yourself.”

“Not everyone may not think the way you do.”

“I think you're wrong.""Think what you like.”

“To think, to think, even with a split second left - to think was the only hope.”