Once you have found out what you love to do, there is only one goal: to be the best in the world at it.

It is called working your ass off. The difference is what you are willing to sacrifice. For every writer who wants balance in their life, there is a guy like me who gives up a lot to make their dreams come true. There is always going to be someone out there that knows they have to compensate for maybe having less talent with harder work and preparation.

When you've got 10,000 people trying to do the same thing, why would you want to be number 10,001?

Information is power. Particularly when the competition ignores the opportunity to do the same.

I retired at twenty-nine, bought a life-time pass on American Airlines and my only goal in life was to party like a mad man and get drunk with as many people as possible. And I was happy right there. But when we started the streaming business, I knew it could be something big.

Patent law holds us back, in every which way, shape or form. There is place for it, in physical products, in pharmaceuticals, but in software in particular, there is no place for it.

Brains are far more important than money or connections. Everyone and anyone can create a business out of their bedroom.