Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn't do it for money.

The librarian isn't a clerk who happens to work in a library. A librarian is a data hound, a guide, a sherpa and a teacher. The librarian is the interface between reams of data and the untrained but motivated user.

In a crowded marketplace, fitting in is a failure. In a busy marketplace, not standing out is the same as being invisible.

As soon as you are willing to say 'it's not for you', you're freed up to make art.

You want it to be hard. If it's hard, then that means others can't do it easily and you can charge for that value.

Attention is a bit like real estate, in that they're not making any more of it. Unlike real estate, though, it keeps going up in value.

You don't have enough time to be both unhappy & mediocre. It's not just pointless; it's painful.