Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise.

When I see someone who reads something of mine and draws something out of it that's very different from my perspective, I think that's actually cool. Sometimes it's worrisome when you feel they badly misinterpret it, but it just says that they're thinking, and they're bringing their own interpretation to bear on it. [...] That's part of the wonderful thing about putting words into the world, and if I was worried about that, I couldn't be a writer.

What happens when two people talk? That is really the basic question here, because, that's the basic context in which all persuasion takes place.

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the service of perfection.

There are lots of issues more important than where billionaires donate their money.

I don't like things that aren't true.

Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out.