Programmers have not been professionals because they haven't really cared about quality.

Innovations seem inevitable in retrospect, but at the time it's an uphill battle.

Pick a big enough project, something that's really hard, something that over the years you can work on.

Finding a technical cofounder would have been difficult for me. I was an English major and didn't know any computer programmers.

You've got to say you are a step ahead of where you actually are to move to the step that you want to be at.

The media often glamorizes successful founders and makes their paths seem easier than they actually were.

Cofounders will endure so much together that their relationship is often compared to a marriage.