A magnificent cause can overcome a prickly personality, but your ability to enchant people increases if they like you, so you should aspire to both. You’ll know that you’re likeable when you can communicate freely, casually, and comfortably with people.

Frequently, crashes are followed with a message like 'ID 02'. 'ID' is an abbreviation for idiosyncrasy and the number that follows indicates how many more months of testing the product should have had.

You know you're ready to write a book when you have a feeling that you should do it, no matter what anybody says. It's like falling in love or starting a company. When you're still wondering if you should get married or you're still wondering whether you should start a company that might be not the right person or the right idea. And writing is the same way. When you've locked on to the topic, you'll just write it.

When you give people too many choices it makes them hesitate and not buy stuff.

When I finally got a management position, I found out how hard it is to lead and manage people.

I don't "need" the rush to be happy. I'd be perfectly happy without the attention and action.

If you look at my Twitter feed it is 99% links, but 1% is me responding and 1% of a big number is a big number.