It's just as valuable to curate content as it is to create it.

Customers can tell you how to evolve a product, but they can't show you how to make a leap.

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

Original visions are often wrong. Companies have to morph as they learn what customers don't want.

Happiness is temporary and fleeting. ... Joy is the right goal.

I merely consider myself a father, and one role of a father is to provide financial resources for his family.

Try stuff. I also used to believe that it's better to be smart than lucky because if you're smart you can out-think the competition. I don't believe that anymore-this is not to say that you should strive for a high level of stupidity. My point is that luck is a big part of many successes, so (a) don't get too bummed out when you see a bozo succeed; and (b) luck favors the people who try stuff, not simply think and analyze. As the Chinese say, "One must wait for a long time with your mouth open before a Peking duck flies in your mouth."