I'm a very friendly person, and I think that's had a big impact on my work because I tend to be pretty good with not trying to always win every argument and things like that. I just sort of try to bring a lot of people together to talk.

People who have achieved a public voice find it a mixed bag.

I have always viewed the mission of Wikipedia to be much bigger than just creating a killer website. We're doing that of course, and having a lot of fun doing it, but a big part of what motivates us is our larger mission to affect the world in a positive way

What you don't get in the mainstream media is so much of the background material.

The real struggle is not between the right and the left but between the party of the thoughtful and the party of the jerks.

You shouldn't use anything as the sole source for anything, in my view.

A huge amount of what goes on in the Middle East has to do with people being fed really bad information.