If you measure it, it will improve.

Courage doesn't always involve physical heroism in the face of death. It doesn't always require giant leaps worthy of celebration. Sometimes, courage is the willingness to speak the truth about what you see and to own what you say.

Faith in yourself, in your friends, in your colleagues and most of all, faith in your ability to impact our future is the best strategy I know.

Art is the act of doing work that matters while dancing with the voice in your head that screams for you to stop.

Go ahead and make something for the elites. Not the elites of class or wealth, but the elites of curiosity, passion and taste. Every great thing ever created was created by and for this group.

It takes three years to be an overnight success, sometimes more.

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first.