Poetry forces a writer to condense and crystallise his thoughts and often represents a short cut to truths unsuspected by the author himself.

Publishing magazines for yourself is not good business, man.

I couldn't care less what anyone's 'perception' of me is. I'm too long in the tooth to care.

If you are unwilling to fail, sometimes publicly and even catastrophically, you will never be rich.

I cannot abide being bored.

Overhead will eat you alive if not constantly viewed as a parasite to be exterminated. Never mind the bleating of those you employ. Hold out until mutiny is imminent before employing even a single additional member of staff. More start-ups are wrecked by overstaffing than by any other cause, bar failure to monitor cash flow.

Having a great idea is simply not enough. The eventual goal is vastly more important than any idea. It is how ideas are implemented that counts in the long run