You’ll learn that the key to a great book is editing-grindin g, buffing, and polishing-not writing.

Every person has the ability to improve the life of someone else.

For me, while writing I am an engineer, so if I decide to change the format, I want to add a section, to move a section, reorganize the section, anything I want to do, I just boot words, and I do what I want to do. So, I feel completely empowered when I'm a writer.

Jolt is for Windows programmers. It's typical IBM PC: it goes in brown and comes out yellow. Mountain Dew is for Macintosh programmers: it goes in yellow and comes out yellow. It's WYSIWYP.

Hockey is the only thing that I'm not good at that I love.

The beauty of Goodreads is that you know you’re sowing in a field where everyone, by definition and self-selection, loves to read.

Writing a book isn’t an easy process nor is it always enjoyable, but it is one of life’s most satisfying achievements.