If you're in business it's both a promise and a warning. It says that sometimes little things can cause some little guy to have an overnight success.

My writing model is my mother, who is a writer as well. She always valued clarity and simplicity above all else. If someone doesn't understand what you're writing, then everything else you do is superfluous. Irrelevant. If any thoughtful, curious reader finds what I do impenetrable, I've failed.

The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.

People are experience-rich and theory-poor.

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything has a story.

Father: 'Anything but journalism.' I rebelled.